Artist: G. Smith; Alfred Jones Esq; C. Calix.
Engraver: W. Wellstood; S. V. Hunt.
Title: Still so gently sleeping; Waiting at the spring; Home Treasures; The Reichenbach near Meiringen (Bern); A mother's influence; The last rose of summer.
Titled and Signed in plate: Engraved for the Ladies' Repository.
Dimensions: Sheet 10 1/2" x 7".
Date: 1869.
Materials and Techniques: Six color steel engravings on 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: The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Ladies' Repository.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: American School XIX C.
Note:
- The Ladies' Repository was a monthly periodical based in Cincinnati and produced by members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. From 1841 to 1876, the magazine devoted itself to literature, arts and doctrines of Methodism, containing articles, poetry, fictions, engravings, and notes of interest to its readers.
Acknowledgement: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia.





