Lot 562: Frank Morley Fletcher (1866-1950); colour woodcut

Frank Morley Fletcher (1866-1950); colour woodcut "Meadowsweet", signed in pencil, 29 x 19cm, framed and glazed, also a copy of "Wood-Block Printing", a description of the craft of woodcutting and colour printing based on the Japanese practice by F Morley Fletcher, published by Sir Isaac Pitman & sons, London. The colour woodcut "Meadowsweet" in this lot is illustrated and the frontispiece to the book. Frank Morley Fletcher was a well known British painter and print maker, a major influence in introducing Japanese coloured woodcut printing in Western art (2).