Print signatures

[Michael ONeil]

Acid etchings. I'm trying to determine the subject locations for any further clues.

I see a slight similarity with the 'M' but a totally different 'a' and the surname style bears no resemblance to me.

I can’t find any etchings by her, however there is a Mary H Lee listed as an exhibitor in a 1905 Exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. A watercolour called Poppies. Address is given as 62 Spellow Lane Liverpool. It might be a coincidence.

To me a watercolour called Poppies is nowhere near the same as etchings of buildings particularly what look to be entrance ways to old buildings.

I'm in Liverpool UK by the way.

[Karen McDonald]

I was going to say earlier that the "Lee" signature looks - and I hope I am not insulting anyone here!  - rather juvenile. The little back-flicking tails on the "H" and the very flowery "M" remind me of childhood attempts at making my sig more interesting. 

If I had to guess, I'd say it was the same person, many years apart, possibly maiden & married names..?

Karen

P.S. We have an artist couple round the corner. I was there recently to look at all the stuff that is hanging around their house/atelier and the range of things which Michael has produced over the years is simply staggering. A wider range of styles and mediums would be impossible, I think! Everything from little glass boxes containing figures made from dolls' bodies with the heads of stuffed birds replacing the original heads  through dark, charcoal-only abstract works and almost childlike, colourful pictures on to breathtaking landscapes (also with poppies - my favourite subject!  ).

[Gadget]

Just to say that I did quite a bit of printmaking at art school and my etchings were very different from my paintings. Also, my paintings before I did my Art degree were very different from my paintings and drawings after I had completed it - and different again these days!

So I think I agree with you, Karen   

[Karen McDonald]

 

Hmmm...is there a famous name lurking behind the Gadget-pseudonym..?!
(If it is indeed a pseudonym. Auntie Gogglie came up with precisely zilch when I asked her about artists with that name. )