Herbert Faulkner West (1898-1974) winter watercolor of a Vermont landscape. Image is a barn in a snowy field in the forefront of the mountains. Herbert Faulkner West was born on January 6, 1898, in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. He attended Pennsylvania State College from 1917-1919, before serving in the United States Army during World War I. Faulkner received his A.B. degree from Dartmouth College in 1922, and his A.M. degree in 1924. After working as an Instructor of English at the College. During 1924 and 1925, he pursued post graduate studies in London and Berlin, before returning to Dartmouth College as an Instructor of Comparative Literature. In 1929, he became an assistant professor of Comparative Literature, and in 1937, a full professor. He retained this position until his retirement in 1964. In 1938, he founded the Friends of the Dartmouth Library, and in 1955, he started his publishing company, Westholm Publications. West died on November 9, 1974, in Hanover, New Hampshire. Overall Size: 27 x 21 1/2 in. Sight Size: 19 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. #4364 Location J1