A Frosty Morning, from Old English Masters
1901, printed 1902
Medium
Wood engraving on chine paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 43.5 × 34.5 cm (17 3/16 × 13 5/8 in.)
Classification
wood engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
77348
Art Historical Context
Step into the crisp chill of *A Frosty Morning*, masterful wood engraving by Timothy Cole his 1901 series *Old English Masters*, printed in 1902. This evocative print, measuring 43.5 × 34.5 cm on delicate chine paper, captures serene beauty of a wintry English landscape, faithfully reproducing a painting by one of Britain's esteemed old masters. Housed in the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints and Drawings Department, it invites visitors to savor the subtle play of frost-kissed light and shadow. Timothy Cole, a leading American wood engraver of his era, specialized in translating the intricate...
About the Artist
Timothy Cole
Timothy Cole (1852–1931) was one of the most celebrated wood engravers of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, renowned for his extraordinary ability to translate the tonal richness of Old Master paintings into the exacting medium of engraved wood. Born in London, England, Cole emigrated with his family to the United States in 1858. He began his career as a wood engraver in Chicago, but t...