Artist: Ernest Parton (American, 1845-1933), after.
Engraver: John Saddler (British, 1813-1892).
Title: The Waning of the Year.
Titled and Signed in plate.
Dimensions: Image 9 3/4" x 7". Sheet 13" x 10".
Publisher: Selmar Hess, New York.
Date: 1883.
Materials and Techniques: engraving on heavy wove paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Traces of glue to the left margin. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: The Art Journal.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: American School XIX C. British School XIX C.
Note: "collection Mr JOHN SADDLER of Wokingham whose translation of Mr. E. Parton's Waning of the Year which was selected for purchase by the trustees of the Chantrey Bequest from the RA exhibition of 1879 was so noticeable a feature of a recent number of the Art Journal" ("The Artist" 1 February 1884. p. 46).