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Frank Short

(1857-1945), Etcher, engraver and teacher of printmaking

Sir Francis Job ('Frank') Short

Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 9 portraits
Artist associated with 2 portraits

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Frank Short, by Albert Wallace Peters - NPG 3776

Frank Short

by Albert Wallace Peters
chalk, circa 1914
NPG 3776

Frank Short, by William Rothenstein - NPG 4804

Frank Short

by William Rothenstein
lithographic chalk, 1921
NPG 4804

Frank Short, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x19242

Frank Short

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1914
NPG x19242

Frank Short, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x19243

Frank Short

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1914
NPG x19243

Frank Short, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x17398

Frank Short

by Bassano Ltd
platinotype on card mount, 1914
NPG x17398

Frank Short, by and after Bassano Ltd - NPG Ax136958

Frank Short

by and after Bassano Ltd
printing-out paper print, 1914
NPG Ax136958

Frank Short, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x84755

Frank Short

by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1914
NPG x84755

Frank Short, by William Rothenstein - NPG D20899

Frank Short

by William Rothenstein
lithograph, 1921
NPG D20899

Frank Short, by Malcolm Osborne - NPG D31764

Frank Short

by Malcolm Osborne
drypoint, 1931
NPG D31764

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