G86 Weekly General Auction Monday
Lot 254:
Description
A limited edition offset lithograph by the artist Geoffrey Woolsey Birks, depicting a nostalgic Northern English street scene in a caricature style. The composition features several figures including children playing with hoops, a milkman with a cart, and a street sweeper set against a backdrop of terraced housing. The print is numbered 322/375 in pencil to the lower left margin and hand-signed G W Birks in pencil to the lower right margin. A plate signature G.W. Birks is also visible within the image. The work is housed in a dark wood frame with a gilt inner slip, double-mounted and glazed. No publisher or printer marks are visible on the mount or the visible portion of the print.
Visible image: 260mm x 185mm
Frame: 485mm x 385mm.