"Woman Seated Sewing" (Anna Baker Weir) by J. Alden Weir, Amer., (1852-1919) Etching glue residue to top corner

glue residue to top corner tips where attached to previous mount

Despite the two marginal tears

who was called "The American Millet" for his many empathetic images of the rural and urban poor

and subject of many prints though he continued to travel and make prints of Mexico and South America

spots of foxing and old masking tape stains to outer margins

"Woman Seated Sewing" (Anna Baker Weir) by J. Alden Weir, Amer., (1852-1919) Etching glue residue to top cornerWoman Seated Sewing, Etching & Drypoint, 1889, Z. 9, Ed. unknown, plate 5 3 16 x 3 7 8, image 4 1 2 x 3 5 16, unsigned, on cream wove paper with small margins as issued. A few spots of marginal foxing and traces of glue residue to corners verso from previous mount. A fine proof impression printed by Weir's daughter Caro, but no formal edition was made, so impressions either lifetime or posthumous, are scarce. A lovely, tranquil portrait of Weir's