Lot 109: SIMON MARSDEN | Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire, England, c. 1975 Carving of Becket's Murder, Toddington Manor, Gloucestershire, England, c. 1975

Two silver prints individually mounted, printed later. Each signed and numbered 2/25 in pencil on the mount (unframed)

These prints are in very good condition. With some small indentations, superficial scratches and retouching marks across both prints, only visible in raking light. The Whitby Abbey print has a small crease (approx. 1 cm) in the lower left quadrant. Unframed.
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Simon Marsden, Phantom of the Isles, Webb & Bower, Exeter, 1990, illustrated p.125;
Simon Marsden, The Haunted Realm, Webb & Bower, Exeter, 1986, illustrated p.25.