Taylor mailbox

Taylor mailbox

Mailboxes

Mountains

Relief printing

This woodblock print by John “Jack” Taylor (1906-1990) shows a mailbox with the name “Taylor” on the side. “Waynesville, North Carolina” is written along the bottom. The print is unsigned and incorporated into the image is “JT.” The artist’s son, Nick Taylor, supplied the title “Taylor Mailbox.” This is one of 26 relief prints, donated by Taylor, depicting life in western North Carolina. John Taylor was a self-taught, avocational artist. A native of England, he emigrated to Canada, then to the United States, and moved with his wife Clare to Waynesville, NC in the early 1940s. He traveled widely around the area as the Haywood County land surveyor, which is how he encountered many of the subjects portrayed in his prints.

Taylor, John Wotton, 1906-1990

John Taylor Relief Prints Collection

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relief prints

eng

StillImage

68080

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Haywood County (N.C.)

Waynesville (N.C.)

6" x 5" (dimension)

Picturing Appalachia