The Beggarstaff Brothers - pseudonym of James Ferrier Pryde - Lot 52

The Beggarstaff Brothers - pseudonym of James Ferrier Pryde (1866-1941) and William Newzam Prior Nicholson (1872-1949) The Black and White Gallery, Louis Meyer. Poster. Circa 1899. Lithograph (collotype). 582 x 400. 23 A online catalog raisonné. Two-tone printing. A very fine proof on thin buff vellum, lined with strong white vellum and canvas-backed. Small trace of rubbing on the lower right square line. Full margins. "In addition to creating posters, the Beggarstaffs also designed street signs for merchants. "In 1897 or 1898 the Beggarstaffs painted an attractive sign board for the Black and White Gallery, a [print] shop in Piccadilly founded by Louis Meyer in the Summer of 1897 ... the Beggarstaffs' original sign for the establishment no longer exists, but a collotype facsimile was made at a relatively early date, presumably at the instigation of the proprietor."" (Catalogue raisonné online, beggarstaffs.com).