What Light Through Yonder Window (Signed) (Original)

Artist: Robert Wilson Matthews
Medium: Pen & Ink on Acid-free Paper
Size: 7" x 5" (170mm x 135mm)
Date: 1925
Signature: Initialled by the artist in ink, bottom left corner
Code: MatthewsRW29

This is the Signed unique original Pen & Ink drawing by Robert Wilson Matthews.

This illustration from 'A Child's History Of England' depicts a group of men standing outside a window bathing in the light.

Robert Wilson Matthews born in Edinburgh in 1880 began as an illustrator in the early 20th century. An alumni of The Edinburgh College of Art he is best known for his illustrations in H.W. Meikle's 'Story Of England' (Oliver & Boyd) and the illustrated works of Alexandre Dumas (Collins Clear Press). Matthews took a medical commission circa 1928 and was one of the most well respected medical illustrators of the 20th century.