Clements, Gabrielle D. (1858-1948) Four Etchings with drypoint of Newport, Rhode Island.
1) Bishop Berkeley's Seat, 65 x 105 mm; 2½ x 4⅛ in.
2) An Old House, Elm St., Newport, 65 x 105 mm; 2½ x 4⅛ in.
3) Long Wharf, Newport, 65 x 105 mm; 2½ x 4⅛ in.
4) In the Harbor, Newport, 75 x 150 mm; 3 x 6 in.
Each printed in dark brown ink on cream wove paper with full margins, circa 1888. (4)
Clements attended Cornell and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In Paris, she and Ellen Day Hale developed a lifelong artistic and personal relationship. She lived in Philadelphia, where she exhibited, taught, and painted murals. In 1895, she became head of the Department of Drawing at the Bryn Mawr School, a post she held until 1908. Clements and Hale traveled and exhibited internationally throughout their careers, and were promoters and popularizers of etching in the States.
