Robert Charles Goff - Chelsea
Robert Charles Goff - Chelsea
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ROBERT CHARLES GOFF
(1837-1922)
Old Chelsea Church
Signed and dated in pencil l.r. R Goff 1901, inscribed with title l.l.: Chelsea
Etching
Framed
Plate size 17.5 by 25 cm., 7 by 9 ¾ in.
(frame size 34.5 by 41.5 cm., 13 ½ by 16 ¼ in.)
Reproduced:
The Etchings of Colonel R Goff, The Fine Art Society, London, 1912, no.124.
Goff was born in Ireland and entered the army just before his 18th birthday. While progressing to become a Colonel in the Coldstream Guards he also learned etching from a fellow officer. He retired from the army in 1878 and concentrated on his work as an artist, becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in 1887. He lived in London and Brighton but travelled extensively, moving to Florence in the 1890s. He exhibited extensively in London and works by him are in many collections, including those of Brighton & Home Museum and Art Gallery and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
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Old Chelsea ChurchSigned and dated in pencil l.r. R Goff 1901, inscribed with title l.l.: ChelseaEtchingFramedPlate size 17.5 by 25 cm., 7 by 9 ¾ in.(frame size 34.5 by 41.5 cm., 13 ½ by 16 ¼ in.)Reproduced:The Etchings of Colonel R Goff, The Fine Art Society, London, 1912, no.124.Goff was born in Ireland and entered the army just before his 18th birthday. While progressing to become a Colonel in the Coldstream Guards he also learned etching from a fellow officer. He retired from the army in 1878 and concentrated on his work as an artist, becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in 1887. He lived in London and Brighton but travelled extensively, moving to Florence in the 1890s. He exhibited extensively in London and works by him are in many collections, including those of Brighton & Home Museum and Art Gallery and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.){kind=link}