Antique Louise Howland King Signed Birthplace of Abraham Lincoln Etching 31"

Description

Late 19th century black and white landscape etching titled "The Birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, La Rue County, KY" by Louise Howland King. A broad country landscape showing a simple log cabin in a stand of trees. Copyright 1897 by M.F. Tobin, New York. Signed in plate LH King 96. Remarke of an axe in a log, lower left. Pencil signed, lower right. Title printed, upper edge. Beveled wood frame.

"Louise Howland King Cox (June 23, 1865—1945) was an American painter known for her portraits of children. She won a number of prizes throughout her career, notably a bronze medal at the 1900 Paris Exposition and a silver medal at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. Louise Howland King was born in San Francisco, California, on June 23, 1865, to Anna Stott and James King. Her family moved to New York when she was a child. In 1872, Anna King had sued her husband for divorce, citing cruel and inhumane treatment. James C. King was convicted for a murder related to that suit in November 1872. In 1880, when she was 14, Louise attended small school of Lucy McGuire in Dover, New Jersey. When she first attended art school she lived with her mother and sister Pauline. On June 30, 1892, she wed her former teacher Kenyon Cox in Belmont, Massachusetts, at the home of her aunt, Mrs. B.M. Jones. They both exhibited their works at the National Academy of Design and the Society of American Artists. In April 1893, Louise suffered a miscarriage and the couple sailed for Europe about the SS Maasdam weeks before their first anniversary. The trip, partly for her emotional recuperation, included travel to Paris, Italy, and the Netherlands. They had three children. Leonard, born in 1894 and named after Leonard Opdycke, was a World War I war hero and had a career in city planning and architecture. Son Allyn, born two years later, became an artist, particularly noted for his mural paintings, and an interior decorator. Daughter Caroline born in 1898 was also a talented artist. The family lived in New York City on East 67th Street and in 1910 Louise's mother, Anna T. King, a writer, lived with them. Cox enjoyed gardening. She did not support the Women's suffragette movement. Cox lived in Italy, Hawaii, and a northern suburb of New York following the death of her husband. She lived in Honolulu, Hawaii by 1930 and as late as 1935. In 1940 she lived on Roaring Brook Road on New Castle, Westchester, New York. At that time she was 74 years of age and still operated and painted in a studio. She died December 11, 1945, in Windham, Connecticut. She was cremated, as was her husband Kenyon, and their ashes were scattered together at Cornish, New Hampshire where they spent their summers." (Wikipedia)

Condition

Wear and distressing / finish loss to frame; discoloration / foxing to print

Dimensions

30.75" x 1" x 16.75" (Width x Depth x Height)