This image was commissioned by the Franklin Mint in 1974 for a series of sterling silver medals honoring Robert Frost. Each of the twelve medals represented a Frost poem, the present illustrating the beginning of Birches. The poem begins, "When I see birches bend to left and right/ across the lines of straighter darker trees,/ I like to think some boy's been swinging them."
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The paper is hinged to the mat with tape in two places along the reverse upper extreme edge. Lower edge is uneven with a corner loss at lower left. Scattered pinholes and residue from a prior presentation along the extreme edges. A few light thumb prints and pencil smudges may be original to the artist's execution. Very faint, possible water damage at upper right at the edge of the image. No apparent tears or repairs.