William Walcot
British, born Russia, 1874 - 1943The House of Sallust, n.d.
Not on view
Etching and drypoint on paper
Dimensions5 7/8 × 8 in. (14.9 × 20.3 cm)
Museum purchase with funds from the Collection Endowment, 2013.60
William Walcot studied architecture at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg as well as the Ècole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He practiced architecture in Moscow for five years and then moved to London where he became a freelance draftsman. He was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists and was the most celebrated architectural draughtsman in England through the 1920s and 30s.
