THE HOUSE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD

A Reverse Painting:

Let me live in a house by the side of the road.

Where the race of men go by,

The men who are bad and the men who are bad,

As good and as bad as I.

I would not sit in the scorner’s seat

Or hurl the cynic’s ban.

Let me live in a house by the side of the road,

And be a friend to man.

by Sam Walter Foss

THE HOUSE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD is painted in reverse, the background is printed on paper and set behind painted glass with space between them, 3-D.

Another term used to refer to the art of “cold painting” and gilding on the back of glass is verre eglomise, named after the French decorator Jean-Baptiste Glomy (1711–1786).

The frame and motto are original. The brass hanger is original as well.

One the back, is a label glued in the back with this information:

THE HOUSE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD

Printed by The Buzza Company

Minneapolis, Minn., U.S.A.

by arrangement with

Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co.

From “Dreams in Homespun”

Copyright, 1897

7 3/4” x 10 3/4”

Lee & Shepard was a publishing and bookselling firm in the 19th century. In 1905 Lee & Shepard merged with the Lothrop Company to form Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.