Hamilton Hamilton, 1885 original etching "THE 2024 FARM ROAD"

An archetypal nineteenth-century American view, the farm road home through birch trees, as evocative as a Robert Frost poem. Etched in the lower right margin "Painted & Etched by Hamilton Hamilton. In the upper left margin, "Copyrighted 1885 by G. Hackneg , 17 E. 17th. St., New York." Member of the National Academy, Hamilton Hamilton (1847 - 1932) is a well-listed and very collectible artist. Printed on thick paper, This etching is impressive as it is, but will be especially so when framed. We are also offering at this time a hand colored copy. The listed size is the paper size. The image size is 27 1/2" high by 15" wide

HOW YOUR PRINT WAS MADE: The image of an engraving is made on metal (usually copper or steel) or the end-grain of wood using cutting tools, commonly a gouge called a burin. The image of an etching is made on metal (usually copper or steel) using acid. (The edges of engraved lines look clean-cut, straight; those of etched lines look irregular, wavy.) The image of a woodcut is made by cutting lines with a knife blade into the plank side of a block of wood. The image of a wood engraving is made by cutting lines into the end grain of a block of wood using engraving tools, commonly a burin. The image of a Stone lithograph is made by drawing an image on a block of highly 2024 polished stone. All of these methods for printing original art are superior in look and value to photographic reproductions.