Pair of Emily B. Waite Etchings of a Father and Children

Item Details

A Pair of Etchings of a Father and Children by Emily B. Waite (1887-1980). These etchings on paper depict a Mid-Century man wearing a suit guiding his children with homework and in life. These prints are signed by the artist in plate to the lower right and lower left. These prints are signed by the artist in graphite beneath the plate mark to the lower right. They are presented in a manila envelope titled Father & Children.

Emily B. Waite is best known for her oil portraits, still life paintings, and etchings. She began her formal artistic training at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where she studied from 1908 through 1910 under Philip Leslie Hale and Francis Luis Mora. In 1910 she received the Paige Traveling Scholarship and traveled extensively for two years throughout France, Spain, the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, and Italy, studying and copying master paintings. Waite’s work is represented in the collections of numerous distinguished institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D. C.; and the Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., among many others. This work was deaccessioned from the Worcester Historical Museum, Worcester, MA. Proceeds from the sale of this item will go to benefit the museum.

Condition

- tack holes along edges of large print paper; toning on both prints.

Dimensions

- measures large print paper; visible image measures 10.0" W x 8.0" H; small print paper measures 8.75" W x 11.5″ × 0.1″ D; visible image measures 5.0" W x 7.0" H.

Item #

17BOS128-420