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- Title
- A Spanish courtyard
- Content partner
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- Collection
- Te Papa Collections Online
- Description
Sydney Lee (1866-1949) spent some time in his father's cotton mills, but soon enrolled at the local Manchester School of Art where he studied sculpture and relief modelling and became interested in print-making using metal and wood. The School's Director of Design was Walter Crane, who encouraged Lee's interest in Japanese prints. In 1892 Lee moved to London; and in 1893 he married Edith Mary Elgar. After their extended honeymoon in Italy, Lee enrolled in Paris at the Académie Colarossi (1894...
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- Image
- Date created
- 1926
- Creator
- Sydney Lee
- URL
- https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/41540
- Related subjects
- people / Clothing & dress / Courtyards / Architecture / Spain / paper / prints / wood engravings / works on paper / wood engraving / British / Sir John Ilott
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