I have a painting that has, copyrighted symbol with the name Sidney Z. Lucas in the top left corner above the painting , and at the bottom left corner it says, W. Hamilton R.A. pinoc and then a small t, and at the bottom right corner it has the name F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp and a small t. The title of the painting is "April". Can anyone tell me the history of this and who are all these names associated with.

The following is quoted from an answer by Curlyben, who is an Administrator from this site. Questions about Paris Etching Society prints with the name Sidney Z. Lucas located on the prints are asked fairly frequently on this site.


Origially Posted by Curlyben
Here's my usual C&P on this subject:


Originally Posted by PES

One of the best resources that I have found concerning Paris Etching Society is from Google answers, located Google Answers: Sun La Dyle Belgigue (http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=39718)
The response from scriptor-ga is very insightful.

Basically PES was set up by Sidney Z. Lucas, hence the SZL mark. He owned a printshop in New York in the years 1940 to 1960 where He produced a large number of prints after old etchings.
Generally, prints by Mr. Lucas seem not to reach very high prices.
At the end of the day they look nice, but that's about it.
Most of what is talked about them is from people "boiler rooming" the price on the supposed French history.

I hope this helps.