Danvers River
Artist
Philip Little
(1857 - 1942)
Date1915
MediumEtching on paper
Dimensions20.6 x 25.4 cm
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery.
Donated by Mrs W. R. Nolan through the Friends of the National Collections of Ireland, 1938.
Object number820
DescriptionThis is an intaglio print (etching) on paper depicting a waterside scene with great emphasis on light and shadow.Philip Little was born in Massachusetts, America. He attended M.I.T. intending to go into business until contracting Typhoid Fever (1875-1876). From 1877-1880 he attended Lowell School of Design at the Institute of Technology and worked in lithograph department of Forbes Lithograph Company of Boston. From 1881-1882 he and Frank W. Benson were students at Boston's Museum School and the following year he exhibited for the first time at the Boston Art Club
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