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Old Lace

PrintmakerEtched by Childe Hassam American, 1859 - 1935
PrinterPrinted by Childe Hassam American, 1859 - 1935
Date1915
MediumDrypoint on wove Bible paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 6 3/4 x 6 13/16in. (17.1 x 17.3cm)
Platemark (height x width): 6 3/4 x 6 13/16in. (17.1 x 17.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 1/4 x 11 7/8in. (23.5 x 30.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionThree rowboats are on a river, probably the Mianus River. A lattice bridge with stone abutments, houses, and trees are in the background. Rocks are in the right foreground.
Object number2001.80.0
MarkingsPrinted label affixed to old backing reads: "AMERICAN PAINTINGS - FINE PRINTS / KENNEDY GALLERIES, INC. / Founded 1874 by H. Wunderlich / 40 West 57th Street New York, N.Y. 10019". In blue ink: "14786/1".InscribedOn recto, letterpress text from the Bible beginning "CHAP. IV.V." and ending "[page] 573" in upper margin.
On verso, letterpress text in upper margin begins "ISAIAH / 6" and ends "[page] 574". In pencil, lower left, "A21334-14"; lower right, "AXX / FHO"; lower center, "5 [in circle] Q".
NotesTechnique Note: Plate was not wiped clean; faint ink tone on image overall. (Finlay 1/23/2002)
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