"Coal-Pockets at New Bedford, Mass" by R. Swain Gifford, Amer., (1840-1905) Color on thick stiff cream wove

on thick stiff cream wove Murillo paper

Simon's prints have enjoyed renewed interest from both dealers and collectors

Alden Weir and Mahonri Young at Weir Farm

signed in pencil & titled in lower left margin

Any attempts to discover the identity of the artist who created this charming work have proven unsuccessful

"Coal-Pockets at New Bedford, Mass" by R. Swain Gifford, Amer., (1840-1905) Color on thick stiff cream woveEtching, 1879, as published in American Art Review, plate 8 5 8 x 5 7 8, image 6 7 8 x 4 7 8, diagonal crease to lower left margin corner, pale fox mark below signature l. r., on cream laid paper with large margins. One of Gifford's most fascinating prints for it's bucholic but un romanticized depiction of American maritime industry in the second decade following the Civil War.