"Woman Seated Sewing" (Anna Baker Weir) by J. Alden Weir, Amer., (1852-1919) Etching but even more so in

but even more so in their genuine feeling for their subject

who was called "The American Millet" for his many empathetic images of the rural and urban poor

and subject of many prints though he continued to travel and make prints of Mexico and South America

spots of foxing and old masking tape stains to outer margins

There may be some slight drypoint work in the cable pullies and distant buildings

"Woman Seated Sewing" (Anna Baker Weir) by J. Alden Weir, Amer., (1852-1919) Etching but even more so inWoman Seated Sewing, Etching & Drypoint, 1889, Z. 9, Ed. unknown, plate 5 3 16 x 3 7 8, image 4 1 2 x 3 5 16, unsigned, on cream wove paper with small margins as issued. A few spots of marginal foxing and traces of glue residue to corners verso from previous mount. A fine proof impression printed by Weir's daughter Caro, but no formal edition was made, so impressions either lifetime or posthumous, are scarce. A lovely, tranquil portrait of Weir's