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Person
Authorized form of name
Short, Sir Francis Job (1857–1945), engraver
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- Frank Short
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Description area
Dates of existence
19 June 1857 – 22 April 1945
History
A British printmaker and teacher of printmaking. He revived the practices of mezzotint and pure aquatint, while expanding the expressive power of line in drypoint, etching and engraving. Short also wrote about printmaking to educate a wider public and was President of the Royal Society of Painter Etcher & Engavers (now styled the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers) from 1910 to 1938. He was a member of the Art Workers' Guild and was elected Master in 1901.