"Nurse with Candle" by Elisabeth Chase, Amer., (20th Century) Drawing Calame was the premiere Swiss

Calame was the premiere Swiss master of landscape lithography in the 19th century

in 1869 Greatorex was elected the first woman associate member of the National Academy of Design

artist's proof

they are remarkable technical achievements

A paper flaw in the sky upper left

"Nurse with Candle" by Elisabeth Chase, Amer., (20th Century) Drawing Calame was the premiere SwissWoodcut, ca. 1920's 40's, ed. unknown but probably small, 4 1 4 x 4 3 8, signed in pencil, on thin cream laid japan paper, tipped to a cream wove support sheet. Small spots of foxing or staining from wood pulp inclusions in ther paper, mostly in arch above cross at right in image. A small but iconic image of the nurse as caregiver and healer to the sick, by this as of yet sparsely documented graphic artist.