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THE GHOST STORY ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAVURE WALTER MACEWEN 1800S
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THE GHOST STORY ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAVURE WALTER MACEWEN 1800S THE ORIGINAL PAINTING, THE GHOST STORY BY WALTER MACEWEN, WAS PAINTED IN 1887. SHORTLY AFTER THIS PAINTING WAS CREATED, THIS ORIGINAL 19TH-CENTURY PHOTOGRAVURE WAS PRODUCED. THIS PHOTOGRAVURE SHOWS A GROUP OF WOMEN IN A DUTCH INTERIOR, LISTENING INTENTLY TO A SPOOKY TALE TOLD BY A WOMAN AT A SPINNING WHEEL. A YOUNG GIRL CLUTCHES HER DOLL IN FASCINATION WHILE TWO GHOSTS ARE LISTENING WITH THEM. THE DIMENSIONS ARE 12 1/2” X 16 2/3”. I FOUND THIS ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAVURE IN AN OLD ATTIC IN THE LATE 1970S. THIS HOME WAS BUILT IN THE 1700S IN CONNECTICUT. THIS WAS IN A SECTION OF THE ATTIC THAT HADN'T BEEN EXPLORED IN YEARS. VERY GOOD FOR ITS AGE. THERE ARE IMPERFECTIONS LIKE SPOTTING, CREASES ON THE CORNER, TINY RIP, A PIECE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER MISSING, THAT WILL NOT AFFECT THE PIECE ONCE FRAMED. THE ACTUAL PHOTOGRAVURE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THIS WOULD LOOK ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL WHEN FRAMED. 41
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