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A dry-point etching of "Shaw's Bridge on the Lagan" by Robert Cresswell Boak, ARCA, FRSA (Irish, 1875-1945) A dry-point etching artist’s proof of "Shaw's Bridge on the Lagan" near Belfast, County Antrim by Robert Cresswell Boak, ARCA, FRSA (Irish, 1875-1945). Title bottom left in pencil "Shaw's Bridge on the Lagan" and signed bottom right “R Cresswell Boak, ARCA”. Irish, circa 1920.
Robert Creswell Boak was a prominent Irish artist of landscapes in the early 20th century. He was born at Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland in 1875, and studied at Londonderry School of Art, Glasgow School of Art, The Royal Cambrian Academy, and also in Paris and Rome. He Exhibited at the R.A., R.H.A., R.Cam.A, and in the Provinces. He was elected A.R.C.A. in 1930. He also lived in Belfast and later in London.-
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