Skippings Fine Arts has dated this piece to the Edwardian era.
A prolific West country artist who painted street scenes, moorland views and seascapes, Walter Henry Sweet was born on 11th April 1889 and studied at Exeter School of Art under the guidance of his friend John Shapland. He worked locally and exhibited
at the Devon and Exeter Annual Exhibition at the Elands Gallery in the early 1900's.
After the war he moved to Dundee and was employed by James Valentine and Sons as a commercial illustrator.
He married and had two sons one of whom studied at the Dundee College of art. Sweet died in Dundee on the 12th February 1943 aged 53.
Skippings Fine Arts has dated this piece to the Edwardian era.
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Rare Exeter Guildhall Engraving by Walter Henry Sweet (1889-1943), Circa 1910
