The Putting Green by Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams (1853-1920), hand-coloured engraving, “The Putting Green”, signed lower right, 15.75 x 25.75. A rare, hand coloured engraving by Douglas Adams titled “The Putting Green'. It depicts a golfer lining up a putt, while another player and two caddies look on. The piece is hand colored in soft shades of green, brown, blue, and red. The engraving series was originally first published in London on May 15, 1894 by Henry Graves & Co. It is based on the original 1883 painting by Adams, whose signature appears in plate. Douglas Adams (1853-1920) was a London based landscape painter. He exhibited in the Royal Academy between 1880 and 1894, showed at the Society of British Artists, the Grosvenor Gallery, and the New Gallery and shared a Primrose Hill studio with other artists. Adams specialized as a landscape and wildfowl painter and often painted sporting scenes. Many of his paintings celebrated the field sports of hunting, shooting, and fishing, set against stunning Highland landscapes and painted in the Victorian tradition. Due to the success of his paintings, Adams worked with the well-known publisher Thomas McLean to create limited edition prints of his more popular painted scenes. These prints were issued in large photogravure format, in triptychs, or as lithographs.

Provenance: Not specified
Artist / Author: Douglas Adams
Date of Work: 1893
Signature location: Not specified
Origin of Work: UK
Subject: Sports
Original Vendor/Source: Key
Details of damage: slight scratches around frame
Frame Style/Material: Wood
Frame dimensions: 32.250 x 24.250 x .750
Inner frame dimensions: 20.250 x 28.250
Artwork dimensions: 15.750 x 25.750