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Photo Credit: photo: M. Cook

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Mending His Roof

ca. 1930-1940
20th century
207 x 185 mm (8.1 x 7.3 in.)

Orville Houghton Peets, American, (1884–1968)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Engraving on wove paper

Print impression quality: Very good

Edition: Trial proof; edition was 60 plus stage proofs

Marks: Signed in pencil, lower right: “O.H.P.”; inscribed in pencil, center left: “Proof”; inscribed in pencil across lower margin: “Almost ‘dry’ print. If examined under magnifying glass it will be seen that the beginning and sometimes the end of each line is a very sharp point. This is where the graver goes into the copper. On etching the line is one of about equal width”

Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1946

Accession Number: 1946.D1.158b

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genre*, labor*, print states

genre - Use for pictorial representations, which may be in various media, that represent scenes or events from everyday life; usually used with another term such as "paintings" or "prints." [April 1991 descriptor moved.]
labor - Usage in the sense of physical work
print states

Dimensions

plate Dimensions: 207 x 185 mm (8.1 x 7.3 in.)

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Credit Caption

Orville Houghton Peets, American, (1884–1968) . Mending His Roof, ca. 1930-1940. Engraving on wove paper. plate : 207 x 185 mm (8.1 x 7.3 in.). Sheet : 276 x 215 mm (10.9 x 8.5 in.). DAC accession number 1946.D1.158b. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1946. (photo: M. Cook) .

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