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Stephen F. Gooden 1892 – 1955 |
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Mouse 1940 Original line engraving. Beautiful impression of one of Stephen Gooden's most charming engravings. Produced as an independent plate. One of only 50 signed and numbered proofs. SOLD |
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Boy and Snail 1932 Original line engraving. Exceptional proof impression of this iconic work, printed on large paper. £500 |
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Bookplate of Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth 1946 Original line engraving. Outstanding trial proof impression of this rare bookplate, printed on heavy 'plate' paper. SOLD |
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Bookplate of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (large plate) 1953 Original line engraving. Very fine proof impression of this scarce bookplate. SOLD |
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The Rider on the Lion 1924 Original line engraving. Very fine impression from the only edition of 100 signed proofs.
This remarkable work was Stephen Gooden’s first engraving to be published as an independent plate. £480 |
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Diana 1940 Original line engraving. Particularly fine trial proof impression of the freshly completed engraving, prior to the only published edition. SOLD |
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Satyrs 1937 Original line engraving. Outstanding presentation proof, aside from the only published edition. £320 |
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Satyrs 1937 Original line engraving. Very fine signed proof impression with crisp clarity of line as issued by the Print Collectors’ Club, with the Club’s monogram in the plate. From the only edition of 109 signed proofs. This engraving was designed and issued as an independent print. SOLD |
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St. George 1935 Original line engraving. Exceptionally fine signed proof impression from the only edition. SOLD |
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Juno and the Peacock 1929 Original line engraving. Exceptionally fine signed proof impression in the penultimate state of the plate, with the image completed, but prior to the engraved title. £360 |
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Mr. W.H. 1931 Original line engraving. Extremely rare unpublished line engraving. One of only twelve proof impressions printed prior to the disappearance of the plate. £240 |
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The Flight into Egypt - The New Testament Headpiece 1927 Original line engraving. Superb signed presentation proof impression prior to the only published edition. £165 |
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The Brook Kerith - Headpiece to Chapter I 1928 Original line engraving. Very fine signed proof impression. One of only 15 signed and numbered proofs printed before the plate was steel faced. £165 |
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Pekingese No.1 1934 Original line engraving. Extremely rare unpublished line engraving. One of only three or four proof impressions ever printed from this plate. Inscribed in pencil “To Derrick, Sept.17 1941”. SOLD |
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Tailpiece 1936 Original line engraving. Brilliant signed presentation proof impression in the second state of the plate, with the image completed, but before the addition of some long hairs under the nostrils of the lion. SOLD |
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Bookplate of J.N. Hart 1923 Original line engraving. Very fine impression of the completed image. Stephen Gooden's earliest recorded bookplate. SOLD |
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Old Whisk 1940 Original line engraving. Beautiful impression of this independent plate. Signed proof from the only edition. SOLD |
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The Three Horsemen;
St. John in Patmos;
The Rider on the Pale Horse 1938-39 Original line engravings. The complete set of Gooden’s three engravings designed to illustrate The Revelation of St. John the Divine. Very rare. SOLD |
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Stephen Gooden was the leading exponent of the re-introduction of original line engraving to England during the 1920’s, rapidly becoming acknowledged as the most accomplished line engraver of his time. Stephen Gooden produced few independent engravings, the main body of his work being book illustrations for the private presses and privately commissioned bookplates. He illustrated a number of significant books, among them The Nonesuch Press Bible, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, The Fables of La Jean de la Fontaine, George Moore's The Brook Kerith, and Aesop's Fables. In addition, Stephen Gooden was the foremost engraver of pictorial bookplates in England during his lifetime, producing over forty notable bookplates, including a number for The Royal Family, and was the official designer to the Bank of England. |
