Part of a series of 15 copper line engravings produced between 1927 and 1929. This was published by Merivale Editions in March 1988 to celebrate the 85th birthday of Edward Bawden. The occasion was marked by an exhibition of the engravings at the Victoria and Albert Museum. These engravings were produced for his friends when the artist was in his mid-twenties, back from Italy after his student days at the Royal College of Art and working in London on endless commissions. Virtually no copies were sold and only six were exhibited at the St. George’s Gallery, near Hanover Square in October 1927.