Name/Title
Gift Greeting, Christmas: Twelve Days, Colonial, Second Day (TK)Description
A six-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting the gift given on the second day of Christmas from the traditional Christmas carol The Twelve Days of Christmas. A man in Colonial garb stands on a brick path with a yoke on his neck. From the yoke descends trailing vines, each holding a basket with a turtle dove. Above, a garland is nailed to the blue border. Below is the line from the “Twelve Days of Christmas”, “On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me two turtle doves”; see web link for song history.
A complete set of the “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” entries 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
“wert” and “by hand” at left and right margins.
Back of frame bears an adhesive label from the “T. Eaton Co. Limited of Montreal”, with a hand written number, “1159/3”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
