1889 engraved resin Harpers woodcut

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by scgaynor

Scott, did you buy this from me? I sold it years ago.

At any rate, in my opinion it is not new, but it is not old (19th century) either. I don't know how it was produced, but it is a unique and neat display piece.

Scott

Hi Scott. It's hard to say - my memory is pretty horrible, but I thought it was someone else. It was 7-9 years ago and I believe I paid $40-60 for it. There were two sold right around the same time, and they did come from the Northeast - both were in very similar (but not exact) old frames. I called the auction house to ask about them, and the response I got led me to believe that they were genuinely old, but 'old' as in not brand new. They didn't know much else about them.

Mine was not '1800s' dirty, but showed genuine age. In other words, not a modern attempt at trying to produce something that would be viewed as rare and valuable. Very perplexing.

[drc]

Scott F., I believe you won it in Cowan's of Cincinnati.

How's that for a memory? I can remember where others won their stuff.

Scott and I live about 7 miles apart, and he showed it to me once.

[aquarius31]

Guys, I did not see the original picture from Scott on the resin Harper piece but just picked this one up and curious to see if it's the same one.

I am avid woodcut collector so this piece really caught my attention. It has no dot patterns under magnification and presents like one would expect a woodcut block to present with all the intricate details under magnification. That said, it is not wood and the dimensions are not in line with the 1889 Harper's woodcut so would be hard to believe that it came from the original woodblock.

It appears to be some sort of metal and the color seems to have been applied by hand (best guess based on what I see under magnification). Not sure if this helps or adds more question to this item but would love to get any additional thoughts.

I have a feeling that I could learn a lot more if I took it out of the frame to see what was on the back but don't want to do that just yet.

[khkco4bls]

guys, here is my orig. woodcut(black and white ) and also the same resin type piece made into a lighted shadow box.