The first an etching with drypoint, the second a monotype and retains Museum label to matting, both matted and unframed.

Sheet size 7 x 12 1/4 in. (the first), 9 7/8 x 14 1/4 in. (the second)

Deaccessioned from and being sold to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro

Henry Singlewood Bisbing began his career as a wood engraver and then became a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 1876, he studied in Munich, Germany at the Academy and in 1879 in Brussels as a student of the famous animal painter, JHL de Haas, who later said that Bisbing was among the most famous of animal painters. He finally settled in Paris and painted rural scenes of France and Holland. He is known for painting landscapes, animals/cattle, and genre scenes.

Overall good condition; the first with few foxing marks and some general signs of handling; the second lightstruck and with few spots.