The Daily Prayer, C. 1910

This is an original color etching with aquatint by British artist William Lee Hankey.  The work is titled: The Daily Prayer, Hand signed in pencil lower left.  The image measures 13 7/8X9 7/8 inches.  William Lee-Hankey’s rare colour prints were his ultimate experiments in printmaking technique. Often, he would build up a colour print by overprinting multiple colour plates, in the manner of a colour woodcut. For this print, Lee-Hankey has used a drypoint plate printed in warm brownish-black ink which he has then overprinted with a tonal aquatint plate inked in colours applied à la poupée, by hand. 
The young peasant women of Normandy were a constant subject for William Lee-Hankey’s printed works. He visited the village of a Etaples regularly, recording its local people in his watercolours and original prints, time and time again. (Campbell Fine Art)  Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.