Name/Title
Gift Greeting, Christmas: Twelve Days, Colonial, Third Day (TK)Description
A six-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting the gift given on the third day of Christmas from the traditional Christmas carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas”. A woman in eighteenth century dress holds a cage of French hens sitting atop a green bench. Above, a garland is nailed to the blue border. Below is the line from the song, “On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me three french hens”; see web link for song history.
A complete set of this “Colonial” themed Twelve Days series has not been documented.
This is a Gift Greeting, Country Prints’ line of unmounted prints offered complete with a cardstock note folder and an envelope for mailing or gifting; see “Branding” for folio examples.
This example is a sales sample used by Country Prints.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1960Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
“by hand” and “wert” at left and right margins.Dimensions
Dimension Description
PrintHeight
9 inWidth
7 inDimension Description
Third Party FrameHeight
11-3/4 inWidth
9 inDepth
3/4 inMaterial
Bleached Linen, Textile InkColor
Teal, Green, Yellow Ochre, Orange, Brown, Black
