This fully illustrated and annotated catalogue raisonné of the prints of
Sydney Lee (1866-1949) offers a long-overdue appraisal of Lee's
contribution to British art. Primarily a painter, Lee was widely
acclaimed during his lifetime for his virtuoso prints of landscapes,
town scenes, and historic buildings, executed in a remarkable variety of
sizes and media. From the Colosseum in Rome to the summit of Mount
Snowdon in Wales and the windmills of Kent, England, he traveled
throughout Britain and Europe in search of subjects both epic and
picturesque. A leading authority on printmaking and a committed
collector of Lee's prints, Robert Meyrick identifies the precise
locations of these subjects and establishes an accurate chronology of
Lee's printed work.
Robert Meyrick is head of the School of Art and keeper of the School of
Art Museum and Collections at Aberystwyth University in Wales. In 2001
he was made an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of
Painter-Printmakers in recognition of his services to printmaking in
Britain.