Emily B. Waite Etchings of European Architecture

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A grouping of four etchings on paper by listed American artist Emily Burling Waite (1887-1980). These works depict scenes that overlook European locales and cities. The print of the gated bridge depicts the Porte d’Ostende in Bruges, Belgium and another features the canal in Mechelen, Belgium. The pieces are all signed in graphite to the lower right, and the cityscape print is marked to lower left 25/I. The Port d’Ostende print is additionally marked to the lower left with the featured location. They are all presented unframed and unmatted.

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

- to Poor; discoloration to all pages; creases, wrinkling, and tears throughout all pages particularly to largest page; tape residue to verso of one print; stains to verso of one print.

Dimensions

- measures largest page with crease unfolded; smallest page measures 8.25" W x 6.75" H.

Item #

18DCC029-242