Ellsworth Woodward (American/Louisiana, 1861-1939) Etching "The Squire". Pencil-signed and titled by the artist lower margin, initialed "E.W." in the plate. Ellsworth Woodward was an American artist and art educator. During the late 19th century in New Orleans, Ellsworth and his older brother William Woodward were two of the most influential figures in Southern art. Ellsworth was born 1861 in Seekonk, Massachusetts, but the two brothers made New Orleans their home (around 1876) and devoted themselves to promoting Southern culture and art as artists, teachers and administrators. Ellsworth Woodward is best known for founding the Newcomb Pottery movement, and for his landscape-structure, genre, etcher. Woodwards work can be found in the Charleston Museum, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Louisiana State University Museum of Art, Morris Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and the Newcomb Art Gallery. Professionally framed. In frame 19"x15"x3/4". Weight 3 pds. PROVENANCE: A Private London/Charleston Estate.

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