Two Vintage Prints, Niles Spencer and Walter Ronald Locke

The first an offset lithograph after an original work by Niles Spencer (American, 1893-1952), depicts a still life with pitcher and creamer, signed within the print at lower left, matted and framed below glass (Sheet size 20 x 19 3/4 in.; Frame dimensions 29 7/8 x 29 1/4 in.). The second an etching with drypoint by Walter Ronald Locke (American, 1883-1949), titled in pencil Cormorant Rockery, Florida, pencil signed, unframed (Sheet size 8 5/16 x 12 5/8 in.).

From the Historic Collection of Limestone University, Gaffney, South Carolina
Limestone College, now Limestone University, was founded in 1845 in Gaffney, South Carolina, by English-born Baptist minister Dr. Thomas Curtis and his son William. Originally established as the Limestone Springs Female High School, it was among the first women’s colleges in the nation and the very first in the state. The institution found its early roots in a former resort hotel near healing springs, later struggling due to the Civil War and Reconstruction. It revived in 1881 as the Cooper‑Limestone Institute, thanks to benefaction from industrialist Peter Cooper, and adopted the name Limestone College.

The first: toning to the mat and slight grime below the glass; some waviness to the sheet; not examined out of frame. The second: toning, mat burn and minor foxing to sheet.