My trip to the Portland Antiques Expo….made four incredible finds!

[jthorn]

"The Critic" of March 14, 1891 has this notice:
"An exhibition of seventy water-colors by Mr. W. C. Bauer closed at Klackner's on March 11. Most were of Long Island landscapes. 'Near Sundown, Winter,' on a snow-covered road leading to a distant village; ' The Causeway, East Hampton, L. I.'; ' After the Storm,' a river view in winter; and ' Woodland at Evening,'were among the more attractive. Mr. Klackner has just published a large and well finished photogravure of Mr. A. C. Howland's picture ' The Yale Fence,' with portraits of many well-known college men."

There appears to have been a limited edition numbered to 90, as this notice appeared in an auction in 2005:

210. (2) PRINTS OF YALE COLLEGE: ETCHING "YALE CAMPUS" W/ NEW HAVEN GREEN & YALE FENCE BY ELLEN OAKFORD-'88, FRAMED (12" X 15 3/4"), ALONG W/ ENGRAVING "THE YALE FENCE" BY A.C. HOWLAND #89/90, COPYRIGHT BY C. KLACKNER-1891 NY, SEPARATED FROM FRAME (19" X 32 1/2")

Last, this ad appeared in The University Magazine in 1891:

"Fac-simile in photogravure from the original painting by A.C. Howlan, N.A.

"Size of plate 20 x 33-1/2 inches. Printed on paper 33 x 45 inches. Signed Artist's Proofs (limited to 100 impressions) $20. Prints on India paper, $10.

"Published by C. Klackner, 5 E. 17th Street, New York."



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