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Etching

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1915-1930

GUSN

GUSN-51040

Description

A brown-tone etching of a well/iron superstructure in a gothic courtyard. It has a gessoed gilt frame.

Details

Descriptive Terms

etchings (prints)
etching (corroding)
etching (printing process)
gesso
gilding
paper (fiber product)
courtyards
Unidentified Paper
Etched
Well
Courtyard
Gothic Revival
Gesso
Gilded
ETCHING

Inscription

Signed in pencil in the lower margin is: Lucy Garnot. On a printed label on the back is: Madison Art Store, 132 Madison Ave. Artist Supplies, Pictures and Framing, Detroit, Mich.

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Possibly Garnot, Lucy (Maker)

Location of Origin

France

Dimensions

12.5 x 7.75 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.670

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