Sworders are to launch a Print department with two auctions a year, starting with a launch sale on May 24 entitled ‘500 Years of Printmaking’.

Curated by Shane Xu, who worked at Bloomsbury Auctions for a number of years, the sale will feature works by some of the greatest names of British print-making, such as Eric Gill, Elisabeth Frink, John Piper, Patrick Caulfield and Henry Moore, as well as masters of the art from other countries, such as Picasso, Chagall, Miró, Matisse and Dalí.