comprising eight oban yoko-e prints; all from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), including the 6th station: Totsuka, Motomachi Fork (Totsuka, Motomachi betsudo); two prints of the 10th station: Odawara, The Sakawa River (Odawara, Sakawagawa); 12th station: Mishima, Morning Mist (Mishima, asagiri); 14th station: Hara, Mount Fuji in the Morning (Hara, asa no Fuji); 30th station: Hamamatsu, Winter Scene (Hamamatsu, fuyugare no zu); 46th station: Shono, Driving Rain (Shono, hakuu); 55th station; Kyoto, The Great Bridge at Sanjo (Keishi, Sanjo ohashi) (Dimensions: largest: 25.6 x 39.3) (Qty: 8)

(largest: 25.6 x 39.3)

Qty: (8)

Provenance: From the collection of Arthur Halcrow Verstage Note: Arthur Halcrow Verstage (1875-1969) was an architect who spent much of his career in the public sector. He was a student at the Royal Academy School of Architecture in the 1900s and was elected as an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1902. By 1903 he was a student and assistant at the Central School of Arts and Crafts (later known as the Central School of Art and Design) in London where William Lethaby was principal and a great influence on him. He then oversaw the design of the new school in Southampton Row from 1905-8. From here he became an architect for London County Council and was involved with many London societies, and as a founding member of the Kelmscott Fellowship, a forerunner to The William Morris Society. His large and varied collection was a reflection of his wide interest in the arts. His archive was purchased by The William Morris Society in 2005.