Price: $350.00
SKU: 88070
ARTIST: A. Baker
PUBLISHER: Published by S. P. Avery 88 Fifth Avenue N.Y. 1869.
MEDIUM: Engraving,
DATE: 1869.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 6 3/16 x 7 5/8" (15.7 x 19.4 cm).
DESCRIPTION: Painted by Geo. A Baker, N.A. Engraved by Fred. Halpin.<br><br> With original pencil signature "J.F. Kensett" John Frederick Kensett (1816–1872) was an American landscape painter and engraver born in Cheshire, Connecticut. He was a member of the second generation of the Hudson River School of artists.<br><br> Kensett attended school at Cheshire Academy and studied engraving with his English immigrant father, Thomas Kensett, and later Alfred Daggett. For a brief period he moved to New York and apprenticed with Peter Maverick. He worked as an engraver in the New Haven area until about 1838, then went to work as a banknote engraver in New York City. In 1840 Kensett abandoned engraving and set off to become a painter and in which medium he became famous.
ADDITIONAL INFO: Printed on Chine-colle.
CONDITION: Good condition.
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