"Passaic Meadows" by Mary Nimmo Moran, Scottish Amer., (1842-1899) Engraving The blurred fan shapes of

The blurred fan shapes of the just sprouting leaves add movement and a harbinger of spring to the imposing stillness of Yale's Gothic Harkness Tower

this impression is likely an early proof without any letters

but any telltale burr is quite discreet

Fay's work deserves to be better known

13-7/8 x 9-11/16

"Passaic Meadows" by Mary Nimmo Moran, Scottish Amer., (1842-1899) Engraving The blurred fan shapes ofEtching with Aquatint, 1881, New York Etching Club Annual 1889, 5 1 4 x 7 1 4, on cream laid paper, a little soil and creasing at margin edges, signed in the plate. A beautifully wiped impression with veils of tone in the sky and foreground heightening contrast of the light reflected in the pond and on the horizon. Not so commonly seen.