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The book – Antique Wall Art

The book, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic print
The book, [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic print from the Books & Writers collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Here a pipe and a book share the frame, pairing tobacco with reading in a quiet domestic scene that John Barclay chose to etch. The print is signed in pencil, which marks it as a signed impression, and its crown watermark identifies the paper. The Library of Congress acquired it through the Pennell Fund, named for the American printmaker Joseph Pennell. No date is recorded, so the period is best judged from the style and the long tradition of etched genre scenes.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 print : etching.
SubjectsEtching by John Barclay, 1876- . Signed in pencil. Watermark: crown. Pennell Fund. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Books and reading; Tobacco--Pipes; Artists works.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,222 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-157606

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