"Hay Wagon in a Barn" by Ralph Ludwig Boyer, Amer., (1879-1852) POR satirical and surreal etched portraits

satirical and surreal etched portraits of notable historical figures

3-13/16 x 2-9/16

He had a career in advertising

A very fine impression with very rich burr

glue stains & abraisions in the margins 1/2" outside image

"Hay Wagon in a Barn" by Ralph Ludwig Boyer, Amer., (1879-1852) POR satirical and surreal etched portraitsDrypoint, Ed. possibly 60, 6 7 8 x 7 13 16, initialed & signed in pencil, dedicated in pencil by the artist's widow to the Westport Women's Club, on thin cream wove paper, tape stain verso top edge and recto top right corner, small loss to top left corner, repaired worm hole top right margin, pale mat line from previous mount. A beautiful impression, with particularly effective use of the rich drypoint burr. A student of W. Merritt Chase, Thomas