Engraving
- Title:
- Christmas 1957
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1991.034
- Creator:
- Waters, Herbert (1903-1996)
- Place of Origin:
- Campton, NH
- Date:
- 1957
- Description:
- Engraving, wood. Engraving or electro-etching, Christmas 1957, by Herbert Waters (1903-1996), 1957. Black and blue-green on cream paper. Winter scene with farm in middle ground. Mountains in background. Farm has large barn, horse in yard, and a small one-story house right, behind trees. Signed in pencil "Herbert Waters / Christmas 1957 / Christmas greetings to the Nasons / Bertha & Herbert Waters". Sheet is inserted in folded card, 5.25" x 4.25", with penciled note inside: "Have been having a long siege with a cracked / wood block. Sent it all the way back to London to be / repaired, but he could not draw it together either. Three / of the joins opened all the way across the block. So - am printing from an electro - takes most of the fun out of it." Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-5.05 W-4.1 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Nason, Thomas, Waters, Herbert (1903-1996)
- Subjects:
- Christmas, Christmas Card
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