About The Artist:
Thomas Willoughby Nason
Thomas Willoughby Nason — engraver, etcher, and illustrator — was born in Dracut, MA on January 7, 1889 and died in New London, CT in 1971. ( Dracut and Lowell were one in the same at one time. Part of Dracut was purchased by a group of business men in the 1800s and the city was named after Francis Cabot Lowell. Lowell was incorporated as a city in 1836). In 1929, Nason's address was listed as 34 Spring Street, Reading, MA. His...
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About The Medium:
Woodcut
A relief process in which the image is cut in a block of wood with tools such as knives, goughers or chisels. The image is inked with a roller, paper is applied to the surface and the back is then rubbed by hand or with a rubbing tool, transferring the image to the paper.