Lake George

A spectacular example from Tuck's flagship Zag-Zaw range of plywood jigsaw puzzles, estimated to be of c1920's origins and featuring their non-interlocking, or push-fit style of cutting, along with 144 figural shapes, or whimsies.
The beautiful chromo-lithographic print is a reproduction of a painting by Scottish-born artist Andrew W. Melrose (1836-1901), who spent much of his working career in America, most notably painting landscape scenes from New York's Hudson River Valley region, where this Bucolic study of Lake George was created.
Evidently the original Raphael Tuck & Sons print carried an inscription on the lower margin which read:
Indian name 'Horicon' meaning 'silvery waters' is bordered by high hills and rugged cliffs that hang over the water; the distances are rich and delicate beyond description, the fading of greens into blues, then lessening into the tenderest of mists are combinations beyond comparison. The view is looking toward a projecting point of land, known as 'Sabbath Bay Point,' the scene of many fights between Colonists and Indians. It is the most frequented and famous of American Lakes.

Artist: Melrose, Andrew W.
Date: c1920's
Brand: Tuck, Raphael and Son's Ltd
Material: Plywood
Nationality: British-England
Pieces: 1000
Range: Zag-Zaw
Size: 35 1/4" x 21 1/2"
Theme: Landscape
Title: Lake George