"Market Gossip Jamaica" by Philip Kappel, Amer., (1901-1981) Engraving

"Market Gossip Jamaica" by Philip Kappel, Amer., (1901-1981) Engraving1954, ed. prob. 50, 9 3 16 x 9 3 16, signed & titled in pencil, on thick textured cream laid paper, small discreet rubbed scrape to upper left image corner, repaired short edge tear and hard creases to left margin below center, and bottom left margin corner, a few minor handling creases to the outer margins.

2-3/8 x 3-1/16

full margins

of 250 plus 10 proofs

From Hirsch's fine series of prints on the legal profession

on buff wove simili vellum paper

but fortunately print scholar Janet Flint recognized and kindly shared his identity with me

reproduced as here by Prang for a broader market still fascinated by the romance of the American west

The image is fine

soft folds in the generous margins

A rich impression of this print

Hayter's legendary experimental etching studio in Paris and New York

signed lower left