$95 · Thomas Smith Tait signed etching - Scottish Architect -

Offered for sale this unusual and scarce etching by Scottish Architect Thomas Smith Tait. The etching is on paper which has yellowed slightly over time. Framed in a period frame which the back paper has been removed at some point. See photos. Signed in the lower right hand corner Thos. S. Tait. The subject matter seems to be some architectural design element. The frame measures 11.5 inches in height x 9.5 inches in width. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Bio accredited to Wikipedia. Born in 1882 in Paisley, the son of a master stonemason, he was educated at the John Neilson Institution, following which he entered apprenticeship as an architect with James Donald in Paisley. Tait went on to Glasgow School of Art where he studied under the Beaux Arts teacher Eugene Bourdon. He travelled extensively in Europe between 1904 and 1905, before settling in London where he joined the prestigious architectural practice of Sir John James Burnet.[1] In 1910 he married Constance Hardy, the daughter of a London stationmaster, and they set up home at 26 Holyoake Walk in Ealing.[1]Together they had three sons; the eldest, Gordon, born in 1912, later became an architect himself, and worked with his father on the designs for the Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938 held in Glasgow. In June 1913 Tait sat and passed the RIBA's qualifying exam and was admitted ARIBA in September 1913, with the influential backing of Burnet, Theodore Fyfe and Herbert Vaughan Lanchester as proposers. His former dwelling at Gates House, Wyldes Close, Hampstead Garden Suburb London NW11 has been marked with a Blue Plaque by English Heritage.[2]