My Antique print...."The Whistling Boy" is confusing because it has a
gold wood frame that has a metal plate attached to the bottom front
that says "The Whistling boy" (I ERRORED IN MY LAST QUESTION AND THIS
IS A CORRECTION)Although this boy is whistling it is not the famous
Duveneck painting. This one has the boy walking down a path wearing
overalls and shirt a straw hat and a handmade fishing pole over one
shoulder and carrying a straw basket in the other hand. He has bare
feet. The picture is mostly dark colors with the boy very clear and
the background sort of faded out. It is 16 1/2 x 12 1/2. The back of
the frame is intirely covered by yellowed paper. (can't get it off to
look for signature. This is the only way you would know the print
belonged to the frame. Also written on the top of the back are the
Beautiful handwritten words: "To Edwin (or Edevin) E. Blackburn 3rd
from Grandma Blackburn Christmas 1938" If anyone has any information
about this print It would be greatly apprieciated.
I have this print--I bought it about 35 years ago at a thrift
shop.Mine is a smaller version, and is labeled The Whistling Boy on
the back in a paper label.On mine, if you take a magnifying glass and
look closely at the lower left corner there are 2 notes--one
for 1881 and one for 1901.Also, this print was seen briefly in the PBS
Ken Burns documentary Mark Twain, although with no attribution.That is
all I know about it--I was searching on Google for more info when I
saw your question.
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