Museum purchase, 1987.71.3 © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Day's End, Driftway

PrintmakerEtched by Kerr Eby American, 1889 - 1946

Date1939

MediumEtching and aquatint; printer's ink on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 1/4 x 15 3/8in. (21 x 39.1cm)
Platemark (height x width): 8 1/4 x 15 3/8in. (21 x 39.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 12 7/8 x 20in. (32.7 x 50.8cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionA Colonial frame house on a hilltop is surrounded by leafless trees and silhouetted against a twilight sky. The house has a center chimney and attached outbuildings. Another building, apparently a barn, is at the far right. Snow-covered fields with scattered bushes are in the foreground.

Object number1987.71.3

InscribedOn recto, lower left, in pencil, "DAY'S End, DRIFTWAY"
On verso, upper left, in pencil, accession number; lower left, in pencil, accession number, "K-DY MAY79"NotesSubject Note: The etching depicts Eby's home, Driftway, in Westport, Connecticut. {Finlay 11/12/2011)

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