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§ Valerie Thornton (British, 1931-1991) Suffolk Farm signed lower right "Valerie Thornton '76" and numbered 109/150 etching and aquatint h:56 w: 78 cm In 1954 Valerie Thornton went to Paris and studied printmaking with the renowned teacher Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17. Thornton then moved to New York where she spent two years at the Pratt Institute. Her first exhibition of etchings and watercolours was held in 1960, since then there have been numerous shows in Britain and America. During the 1970s Thornton made etchings of several East Anglian churches and ecclesiastical and architectural subjects continued to form a major part of her artistic output throughout her career.