Goose Etchings. Geese have often been popular subjects in rural scenes and many people like to collect anything to do with them. Etchings are an excellent way to start a collection.
Below are some examples and price guides of goose etchings including an etching by Richard E Bishop entitled “Geese Overhead” and an etching by Herbert Dicksee entitled “The Mill”.
Dame Paula Rego R.A. (British, 1935-2022)
Goosey-Goosey Gander, from Nursery Rhymes (Rosenthal 51)
Etching and aquatint, 1989, on wove paper, signed and inscribed ‘A/P’ in pencil, one of 14 artist’s proofs aside from the numbered edition of 50, printed by Culford Press, London, with their blindstamp, co-published by the artist and Marlborough Graphics, London, with full margins, framed
Sold for £1,664 inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2023
Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969), Geese, c.1930
Sold for US$225 at Peterborough Auctions LLC in 2023
Richard E. Bishop (1887-1975)
Geese Overhead, 1934
signed “Richard E Bishop” lower right
aquatint and etching, 11 3/4 by 14 3/4 in.
titled lower left
edition of 75
Sold for US$350 at Copley Fine Art Auctions in 2022
Herbert Dicksee etching THE MILL: Girl and Geese with Windmill in the background. Frost & Reed 1915, measures 62cm x 45cm excluding mount. Unframed. Artist proof, exhibited RA 1914, limited edition, plate to be destroyed.
Sold for £50 at Potteries Auctions Ltd in 2022
Neil Welliver “Canadian Geese” Hand-Colored Lithograph
American; soft ground etching on Arches Cover paper hand-colored with watercolor
Sold for US$1,800 at Palm Beach Modern Auctions in 2022
