Etched Calendar for year 1891 by female artist/engraver Louise Prescott Canby

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Philadelphia, Artist, 1891, Folding Card

Very Good

Etched Calendar for year 1891 by female artist/engraver.   Four delicately etched landscapes representing Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring, with calendar accompaniment, printed on tinted etching paper; four two-sided panels folded accordian style 4-3/4" square, within handmade covers, pastedown year surrounded by moon cycle motif, wax seal and ribbon.

Canby, active 1874-1903, of of the American Women of the Etching Revival, Member of the Women Etchers of America, listed in Annual Report for the Year (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)Vol. 12, Dec. 31, 1887; Listed in Official catalogue of World's Columbian Exposition, 1893; included in the catalog of etching proofs exhibited at the National Academy of Design, New York City, 1891

She resided at 1420 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, later moved to San Francisco . Very good. Wraps.  (2399)