"Eastern Point, Christmas, 1890"

etching

PRINTS - ETCHINGS

Corey, Reginald Cleveland
USA, MA, Gloucester
1890
paper; wood
image: 12-3/8 x 28-1/4 in. (sight); mat: 17-5/8 x 33-3/4 in. (sight); frame: 24-1/8 x 40 in.

Framed etching, Eastern Point, 1890 (thought to be Gloucester MA); view of fishing schooners heading into port Christmas evening, light air, schooners are wing-in-wing, crescent moon and lighthouse with light shining indicate evening; drawn in pencil below image on left, vignette depicts schooner under sail with lighthouse and other vessels lightly sketched in; signature on bottom left of image "Regd. Cleveland Corey"; handwritten on bottom right "To Edwin T. Rice Jr./ from his friend/ Reg Cleveland Corey" and "Eastern Point./ X'mas 1890". Framed under glass, in 3" brown wood frame (possibly oak) with scrolled 1/8" gold insert.

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