Etching of Old House in Vicenza by F G Hall

Work on Paper

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Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

Etching of Old House in Vicenza by F G Hall

Entry/Object ID

HM-841

Description

Etching: American soldiers of World War I parading before Palazzo Porto in Piazza Castello in Vicenza, Italy. The building with three monumental columns was an unfinished work by the Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. Inscription: "To Jack Hammond. Frdk G Hall" (Frederick and wife, Evelyn were friends and lived on Eastern Point, across the harbor) Artist: Frederick Garrison Hall (American, 1879 - 1946). Title: Old house in Vicenza. Signed, Titled, and inscribed in plate in pencil: Old house in Vicenza; Fred. G. Hall; inventory number. Dimensions: Platemark 8 3/8 x 6 3/8. Sheet 12 1/2" x 9 3/4". Edition of sixty. ( Frederick Garrison Hall: etchings, bookplates, designs BY ELTON WAYLAND HALL. BOSTON, BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, 1972). Date: 1920. Materials and Techniques: etching on cream wove paper. Museums and Libraries: Boston Public Library with copies; THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART 1923.135. Art Movements, Periods & Schools: American School XX C. Note: The little plate "Old House in Vicenza," the gem of the collection, calls for special mention. This work, the most successful among collectors, was awarded the Nathan I. Bijur Prize by the Brooklyn Society of Etchers in 1920." (THE FIFTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF THE BROOKLYN SOCIETY OF ETCHERS). There are depictions of American soldiers and military transport passing along Vicenza's street. Among the Americans who fought on this front was the young Ernest Hemingway. His novel "A Farewell to Arms" takes place in a hospital 20 miles from Vicenza. Re-framed

Collection

Painting

Acquisition

Accession

841

Made/Created

Notes

Date: ca. 20th c.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Etching

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Intaglio

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Print

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

General Notes

Note Type

HM841 etching of soldiers marching past bldg - Architecture Identified in Etching

Note Type

HM841 - Frederick Garrison Hall. Old house in Vicenza. Etching. 1920. – Goldin Fine Art

Note Type

Book Plates by Frederick Garrison Hall - excerpts

Note Type

Frederick Garrison Hall - BPL excerpts