# The Fan Tree

**Ernest Haskell** (born Woodstock, CT 1876-died Bath, ME 1925)  
ca. 1915  
etching, drypoint and engraving on paper  
plate: 5 x 6 7/8 in. (12.7 x 17.6 cm)

Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1984.155. [The museum's record](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=10058).

## About this work

Ernest Haskell made this in about 1915, aged 39. It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

### How it was made

- **Drypoint.** Lines scratched straight into the plate with a needle throw up a ridge of metal, the burr, which holds ink and prints a soft, furred line. The burr wears down, so early impressions are the richest.
- **Etching.** The artist draws with a needle through a waxy coating on a copper plate, and acid bites the exposed lines. The plate is then inked, wiped and printed under pressure, so the line keeps the freedom of drawing.
- **Engraving.** Lines cut directly into a metal plate with a steel burin, which makes them swell and taper. It took years to master, and for centuries it was how paintings travelled as pictures.

### [Ernest Haskell](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/ernest-haskell)

born Woodstock, CT 1876-died Bath, ME 1925

## Facts

- Type: Graphic Arts-Print
- The artist was 39
- Real size: about 5 × 7 in (13 × 18 cm). The original is small: even the 8 × 10 in print shows it larger than life.
- Century: 20th century
- Subjects: Trees, Point Lobos, Landscapes
- Colour: white
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1974.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1974/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-fan-tree-si-saam-1984-155).