Signed with monogram and dated l.l.: WC/89 and inscribed with dedication to the reverse of the original backboard Walter Crane to Richard Glazier in pleasant remembrance of cooperation at the Manchester School of Art

Watercolour, 27 by 18 cm (10 ½ by 7 ins)

Provenance: a gift from the artist to Richard Glazier (1851-1918), Crane’s colleague and head master at Manchester School of Art

Crane was appointed Director of Design at Manchester School of Art in 1893. Glazier, to whom this watercolour was dedicated, was the school’s headmaster from its formation (following the amalgamation in 1892) until his sudden death in 1918. As well as a teacher and administrator, Glazier was an architect, well-known for his handbook A Manual of Historic Ornament.