Athenaeum Portsmouth | Dorothy Holmes Lord | c.1950s

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Athenaeum Portsmouth | Dorothy Holmes Lord | c.1950s

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Artist: Dorothy Holmes Lord (1905-1988) Medium: Woodcut Classification: Prints Old Accession Number: 425 Description: Edition 2/5 Black-and-white woodblock print on laid paper of the Athenaeum as it might have appeared about 1900. At left a horse pulling a cart, at right a woman with a carriage; awnings on the stores at left and right. Unsigned. Has been removed from a frame - marks from at edges of image. Year Range from 1950 Year Range to 1975 A black and white lineoleum block print of the Athenaeum as it appeared in 1863; title at bottom: "The Portsmouth Athenaeum, 1863." Signed at lower right "D.H. Lord." Year Range from 1950 Year Range to 1955