Artist: Robert Kent Thomas (British, 1816-1884)
Title: The Exchange, Liverpool
Medium: Antique etching on laid paper.
Signature: Signed in the plate, lower right.
Dimensions: Image Size 6 3/8 x 10 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 15 x 19 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
Thomas specialized in the techniques of engraving and lithography on vedutas, highly detailed city or landscapes. Thomas was exceptionally talented. He had a truthful way of seeing things and putting them on paper. He was an excellent representative of the class of artists who, without imaginative invention, see clearly, and interpret rapidly and skillfully, what they see. Thomas was most skillful with the etching needle and after his death left behind many plates of excellent quality in their kind.