"Shanties on the Harlem" by Charles A. Platt, Amer., ( 1861-1933) Wood Engraving increasingly difficult to find

increasingly difficult to find

That gives you some idea of how long ago it was

8-1/4 x6-1/2

illustrator and printmaker who was part of the Westport Connecticut area art community

on Arches Cover White paper

"Shanties on the Harlem" by Charles A. Platt, Amer., ( 1861-1933) Wood Engraving increasingly difficult to findEtching, 1881 82, as published in American Artists, 1889, S. Walker & Co., Boston, Ed. unknown, 4 1 4 x 7 9 16, signed, titled & dated in the plate, and signed in pencil, printed in a warm black ink on thin cream laid japan paper, creases to the top and bottom margin corners, areas of fine wrinkling to the sheet, a fine, a rich impression of this charming riverside scene by Platt.