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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Old Tavern, Charleston
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Old Tavern, Charleston

Artist Elizabeth O'Neill Verner (American, 1883-1979)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1920
MediumEtching on wove paper
DimensionsOverall, Image: 6 7/8 × 5 in. (17.5 × 12.7 cm)
Overall, Sheet: 9 1/2 × 8 3/8 in. (24.1 × 21.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm)
InscribedTitle written in graphite below platemark, lower left. Signed in graphite below platemark, lower right: "Elizabeth O'Neill Verner." Edition number written in graphite below signature, lower right: "69/80." Written in graphite, lower center: "plate destroyed 69" (with the number inside a circle).
Portfolio69/80
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Louis I. Jaffe
Object number51.17.4
On View
Not on view
DescriptionEtching showing two small houses hemmed in by taller dwellings on a cobble-stone street. Old lamp post at right and three African American women.