"Coal-Pockets at New Bedford, Mass" by R. Swain Gifford, Amer., (1840-1905) Color to New York City early

to New York City early in the the last century

enlightening us to perceive beauty where before we had only seen a common nuisance

Alden Weir and Mahonri Young at Weir Farm

and her design work seen literally everywhere

"Coal-Pockets at New Bedford, Mass" by R. Swain Gifford, Amer., (1840-1905) Color to New York City earlyEtching, 1879, as published in American Art Review, plate 8 5 8 x 5 7 8, image 6 7 8 x 4 7 8, diagonal crease to lower left margin corner, pale fox mark below signature l. r., on cream laid paper with large margins. One of Gifford's most fascinating prints for it's bucholic but un romanticized depiction of American maritime industry in the second decade following the Civil War.