Description: Large Size Antique David Davidson Hand Colored Photo Old Ironsides Maine Seascape in Original Frame. The frame measures 20 1/4" x 22 3/4" that fits 17 1/2" x 20"; the photograph alone is 10 5/8" x 13 1/2" making this a fairly large Davidson example. Hand written title and signature. The title is Old Ironsides but rather than the ship USS Constitution, this image is a rocky Maine coast ocean waves crashing. Genuine hand tinted photo, not a process print. The original gold gilt gesso frame is solid & sturdy with some normal edge wear and small cracks and chips in the gesso surface. The photograph is fine. The matte has some normal minor foxing and the bottom edge has a few small light water marks. See my detailed pics. David Davidson (1881 - 1967) was active/lived in Rhode Island. David Davidson is known for Color photography.Davidson was considered to be one of the top two national leaders in hand-colored photography, second only to Wallace Nutting, in the early 20th century. Davidson met Nutting at Brown University and learned this fine art from him.Davidson spent many afternoons with Nutting in the countryside and took most of his photographs around Rhode Island. He founded the Davidson Photographic Studios in Providence, R.I. and sold much of his work through department stores, gift shops and traveling salesmen. His photos were so popular that hardly a New England wedding occurred where the bride did not receive at least one Davidson picture as a wedding or shower gift. Interest in hand-colored photography ended in the early 1940’s.Among the more than 1000 different shots Davidson took over a 40-year period were his interior and exterior shots from his collection of America’s Colonial Revival Movement, which included Hearthside. Typically Davidson’s interior scenes did not include people.
Price: 150 USD
Location: Weymouth, Massachusetts
End Time: 2024-02-24T02:20:01.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Type: Photograph
Image Color: Color
Framing: Framed
Subject: Seascape
