Collection of Emily B. Waite Etchings of Female Profiles

Item Details

A Collection of Etchings on Paper of Female Profiles by Emily B. Waite (1887-1980). These three etchings on paper depict early 20th century upper class European facing left or right. These pieces are signed by the artist in plate to the lower left, lower center, and lower right. Two pieces are signed by the artist in graphite beneath the plate mark to the lower right. They are presented in a manila folder titled Female Side Profile Views.

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

- creases at top and bottom and water spots at bottom left of largest print; tack holes along edges of smallest print.

Dimensions

- measures largest print paper; visible image measures 4.0" W x 5.0" H; smallest print paper measures 8.0" W x 10.25" H x 0.1" D; visible image measures 5.0" W x 7.0" H.

Item #

17BOS128-419