Title: An Ancestral Cradle

 

Date of Printing: circa 1910s

 

Printing Technique: hand-tinted photograph

 

Artist: photographer Wallace Nutting

 

Details: ORIGINAL hand-tinted photograph by Wallace Nutting in original ¾” wide pressed wood frame with a dark brown and gold painted finish.  Photograph tipped in on original matting with embossed plate mark.  Plate mark is cleanly defined and visible.  Mat has even overall age toning to a warm cream color.  There are no visible foxing, water stains, creases or tears to the mat or photograph. 

 

The title “An Ancestral Cradle” is written in ink inside the plate mark below the lower left half of the photograph.  “Wallace Nutting” is written in the same handwriting in ink inside the plate mark below the lower right half of the photograph.  This is not Wallace Nutting’s actual signature; a number of the colorists wrote both the titles and Wallace Nutting on the original mats, hence the wide variety in appearance of the Wallace Nutting “signatures”.

 

The cradle appears to be occupied with a baby, and there is a cat seated on the ladderback chair to the left of the fireplace.

 

We have taken the piece apart, cleaned the glass, and rebacked the original mat with acid-free materials.  The Nutting back mats were originally backed with cardboard which is acidic.  Over time, this cardboard backing can do damage to the original back mats that the Nutting photographs were attached to.

 

Size: with frame the piece measures 15 5/8” wide by 12 1/8” high, visible portion including the original tipped-in matting measures 14 1/8” wide by 10 5/8” high, the actual photograph measures 9 ¼” wide by 6” high

 

Condition: Condition is GOOD, minimal fading and oxidation to the photograph, clean mat with even age-toning and no foxing or stains, sharp and visible plate mark

 

Shipping: U.S. Postal Ground Advantage, U.S. Postal Priority Mail, FedEx Ground Home Delivery.  INSURANCE IS INCLUDED IN ALL SHIPPING PRICES.

 

This is an OLD and ORIGINAL print - we sell NO reproductions! We do our best to accurately describe each piece. We have been selling antique prints at major shows on the West Coast for the past 35+ years, and are in the process of retiring and liquidating our inventory. PLEASE e-mail any questions.