Samuel P. Avery engraving a woodblock

Dedicatee William Brisbane Dick American

ca. 1897

Not on view

Photograph of a drawing by Thomas Farrer, signed with initials and dated 1860, showing Samuel Putnam Avery at work engraving a woodblock. The sitter holds the block up close to his face, and sits next to a table covered with tools and equipment. The drawing on which this is based was made from life at 48 Beekman Street.

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Provenance

Title: Samuel P. Avery engraving a woodblock
Artist: After Thomas Charles Farrer (1838–1891)
Sitter: Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. (American, New York 1822–1904 New York)
Dedicatee: William Brisbane Dick (American, 1827–1901)
Date: ca. 1897
Medium: Half-tone reproduction of a graphite drawing
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 6 11/16 in. (25 × 17 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.3.756–17
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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