Eve and the Serpent.

£115 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Described in the British Museum print catalogue as “the first colour print done by the Japanese method to be published in England” this was was engraved (using six blocks) and printed by Frank Morley Fletcher. An article in The Studio of the same year included this lithographic reproduction.

• Year: 1896

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