Charles Pont (1898-1971)
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"Marvine Colliery" c. 1940, Two Color Wood Engraving. Edition: Not stated, but probably small. Signed with initials in pencil, lower right C.E.P.; titled, Marvine Colliery, lower left.
Image: 6 x 8 inches (152 x 203 mm). Sheet: 8 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches (225 x 282 mm).
Inventory ID: 1174
Image: 6 x 8 inches (152 x 203 mm). Sheet: 8 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches (225 x 282 mm).
Inventory ID: 1174
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Comments:
Excellent condition. Good margins. Printed on fine white wove paper, watermarked Basenwerk parchment. As mentioned above, the print is initialed, C.E.P., for Charles Ernest Pont. Illustrates the anthracite coal breaker at the Marvine Colliery in Scranton, Pennsylvania. (A colliery is the entire coal mine plant including the surface structures.)
Excellent condition. Good margins. Printed on fine white wove paper, watermarked Basenwerk parchment. As mentioned above, the print is initialed, C.E.P., for Charles Ernest Pont. Illustrates the anthracite coal breaker at the Marvine Colliery in Scranton, Pennsylvania. (A colliery is the entire coal mine plant including the surface structures.)
