"Marvine Colliery" circa 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).

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.

$550.00

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