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dated 1886
GUSN-12709
Block print of the countryside on brown paper. A stone fence, at the right, in the foreground with nearby women tending a flock of grazing sheep. A stream, at the left, leads to a small town in the distance with a windmill atop the hill. Three part wood frame with an outer edge in acanthus leaf motif and gilded dentil-type molded inner edge. Under glass with a white mat.
landscapes (representations)
woodcuts (prints)
prints (visual works)
block printing (relief printing process)
glass (material)
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
acanthus (motif)
country (style)
dentils
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
scenes (depictions)
Unidentified Paper
Glass
Transfer Printed
Country
Landscape
Scenic
Acanthus
Leaf
Dentil
PICTURE, LANDSCAPE
Signed in the lower right corner: H. Pruett Share - 1886. Titled: Noon.
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Possibly Share, H. Pruett (Maker)
USA
18 x 40 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1814
New York state (United States)
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