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1922

  • Work on this object began.

1953

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Print, Interior of an Old Public Building

This is a Print. It was created by F. N. Jopling. It is dated 1922 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is etching in brown ink on blue laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by William J. Donald. It is credited Gift of William J. Donald.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 12.5 × 22.1 cm (4 15/16 × 8 11/16 in.) Sheet: 14.4 × 23.8 cm (5 11/16 × 9 3/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower right: F W Joplng 192[?]; signed in graphite, lower left: FW Jopling 1922

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite on mount: Made in 1922 before USA Gov. restored

Cite this object as

Print, Interior of an Old Public Building; F. N. Jopling; USA; etching in brown ink on blue laid paper; Platemark: 12.5 × 22.1 cm (4 15/16 × 8 11/16 in.) Sheet: 14.4 × 23.8 cm (5 11/16 × 9 3/8 in.); Gift of William J. Donald; 1953-102-115

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