The Last of the General Post Office

1912-1913

Henry Rushbury

Associated Names
Henry Rushbury

Artist, British, 1889 - 1968

This print shows a building surrounded by scaffolding and cranes. The building is large, with tall columns below a triangular pediment on the right. The left side is partially disassembled, with a few windows and arches visible within the broken walls. There are people and horse-drawn carriages in front of the building, with more buildings extending behind it into the distance on the left and right. The sky above is blank.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint and engraving in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 28.8 × 37.5 cm (11 5/16 × 14 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7527

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rushbury 2010, no. 6, v/v

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1923

  • Wright, Harold J. L. "Catalogue of Henry Rushbury's Drypoints and Engravings, 1912-1923." Print Collector's Quarterly 10, no. 4 (December 1923): p. 420, no. 6, v/v.

2010

  • Rushbury, Julia. Henry Rushbury: Prints, a Catalogue Raisonné. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2010, p. 84, no. 6.

Wikidata ID

Q65021055

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