to the Salon of
Lawrence Willmore Pennington
aka "Lon Penn"

Two Burnt Wood Panels

October Potato Harvest By Lawrence Willmore Pennington Pyrography on wood panel, about 22 inches by 40 inches after a photograph

October Potato Harvest, Detail Detail of the signature, verso By Lawrence Willmore Pennington

October Potato Harvest, Detail By Lawrence Willmore Pennington Pyrography on wood panel, about 22 inches by 40 inches after a photograph

October Potato Harvest By Lawrence Willmore Pennington Pyrography on wood panel, about 22 inches by 40 inches after a photograph

Psyche and Cupid By Lawrence Willmore Pennington, circa 1896 Pyrography on wood panel, about 22 inches by 40 inches after a painting by William Bouguereau

Psyche and Cupid, detail By Lawrence Willmore Pennington, circa 1896 Pyrography on wood panel, about 22 inches by 40 inches after a painting by William Bouguereau

Psyche and Cupid, detail, By Lawrence Willmore Pennington, circa 1896 Pyrography on wood panel, about 22 inches by 40 inches after a painting by William Bouguereau

Pam Gleason Elmstrom and her daughter Shauna each inherited one of the pyrography panels displayed here by English born 19th Century artist Lawrence Willmore Pennington of Massachusetts. The second work, Psyche and Cupid, was shown at the Bay State Fair of 1896.

The provenance of the two panels, which came down to them through the families is recounted by Pam, as follows:

"My Uncle Bob Barho was married to Ada Pennington—widow of Lawrence Willmore Pennington—and when she passed, he inherited two of the poker etchings and jewelry from her and L.W. Pennington. Later he married my mother's sister Viola Fairbanks, who, in turn, then inherited them, and then my mom and now [one] to me [and one to my daughter Shauna]."

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