Paul Drury (1903-1987) was a printmaker, painter and teacher, born in London, son of the sculptor Alfred Drury, his mother was also an artist. Studied at Goldsmiths’ College School of Art under Edmund Sullivan, Malcolm Osborne, Clive Gardiner and Stanley Anderson, becoming one of the finest exponents of the Goldsmiths’ school of printmaking, his work being influenced by the pastoral tradition of Samuel Palmer. Drury went on to teach at Goldsmiths’, also at Sir John Cass School of Art. Although he left Goldsmiths’ for a time in the late 1930s he returned after World War II part-time and retired in 1969, having been principal of the School of Art for two years. During the war Drury worked in the plaster department at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton, putting to use skills learned working in his father’s studio.
Pencil signed etching, dated 1928, plate measuring 17.5cm x 13.7cm plus full borders. Annotations to border by artist, including titled, plus numbered 20. Conservation mounted.