part in conducting its affairs, becoming assessor (vice-president) in 1902. In 1910 he succeeded Sir Francis Seymour Haden as its second president for 28 years, steering the society through the First World War and the end of the etching revival of the 1920s and its crash from 1929. Short received, amongst other distinctions, the gold medal for engraving at the Paris International Exhibition, 1889, and another gold medal for mezzotint (Rappel) 1900. In 1906 Short was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy, when membership as Associate Engraver was revived; and in 1911 he was elected a full Royal Academician, and also received a knighthood. His work as a watercolourist was recognised in 1917 when he was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. Short was Treasurer of the Royal Academy from 1919 to 1932. Short wrote several influential books on original printmaking: "On the Making of Etchings" was first published in 1888 and republished in 1911, 1912, 1951 and is still in print today. "British Mezzotints" from 1924 is a standard reference on original mezzotints. The Etched and Engraved Work of Frank Short, a catalogue raisonne by Martin Hardie, in three volumes [I: Liber Studiorum; II: Mezzotints and Aquatints; III: Etchings and Lithographs] (Print Collector's Club, London, 1938–40) catalogues and describes 399 prints (many illustrated). Previously, a work with the same title by Edward F Strange (1908), describes 285 plates by the artist. In October 2018 a new book about Short was published. Short's Sussex explores the works he did in Sussex in his later life, and includes 40 images. Amongst many galleries and museums that hold examples of Frank Short's prints include: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City Victoria & Albert Museum British Museum Rye Art Gallery, Sussex National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia References The etched and engraved work of Frank Short, A.R.A., R.E., Edward F. Strange, 1908, (George Allen & Sons, London) Further reading Twohig, Edward (2018). Print REbels: Haden - Palmer - Whistler and the origins of the RE (Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers). London: Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. . 91 pages from this 348-page volume is devoted to Frank Short's life, work and achievements. External links Profile on Royal Academy of Arts Collections Short's Sussex, a 2018 book on his work in the county 1857 births 1945 deaths 19th-century engravers 20th-century engravers English engravers English printmakers English watercolourists People