English Setter: after Painting by Edwin Megargee: Authentic 1953 Book Print

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1953 Edwin Megargee
Color Illustration
English Setter
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This is a genuine 1953 print--not a recent reproduction
This is a
genuine 1953 full-page book illustration by Edwin Megargee
. It appeared in the first edition of a dog encyclopedia published that year. The illustration
is signed in the plate by Megargee.
(A print is said to be signed in the plate if the artist's signature is incorporated into the matrix and so appears as part of the printed image.) There is text on the reverse.
A
laser-printed facsimile of the copyright information
as it appears in the 1953 book from which this illustration was removed will be included,
on a peel-off, self-adhesive sheet
.
Purchasers who frame their pictures frequently affix that copyright statement to the back of the frame.
Illustration size is about
8" x 11"
, with text on the reverse. Printed on medium weight paper.
Edwin Megargee
was an animal painter, illustrator, and etcher. He was born in 1883 in Mt. Airy , Pennsylvania. Throughout his educational career, he attended Georgetown University from 1899 to 1900, Drexel Institute in Philadelphia from 1900 to 1904, and finally the Art Students League from 1904 to 1905.
He was a breeder and painter of gun dogs and wrote and illustrated several illustrated dog dictionaries.
Condition:
Excellent
. As shown, with no tears or marks.
P
rint will be
carefully packaged
to preserve condition during shipping.
Ships next business day.
This is a genuine 1953 print--NOT a recent reproduction
. It is nearly 70 years old;
please handle with care
.
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for any reason for a prompt refund.
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