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1938

  • Work on this object began.

1953

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Print, Pagan Princess—Nigeria

This is a Print. It was created by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge. It is dated 1938 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is drypoint in brown ink on cream 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

Plate: 27.6 × 21.2 cm (10 7/8 × 8 3/8 in.) 39.7 × 30.5 cm (15 5/8 × 12 in.)

It has the following markings

Embossed seal of Chicago Society of Etchers, left.

It is signed

Signed and dated in margin, in graphite, lower right: "Cyrus Le Roy Baldridge 38"

It is inscribed

Title in margin, in graphite, lower left.

Cite this object as

Print, Pagan Princess—Nigeria; Cyrus Leroy Baldridge (American, 1889–1975); USA; drypoint in brown ink on cream laid paper; Plate: 27.6 × 21.2 cm (10 7/8 × 8 3/8 in.) 39.7 × 30.5 cm (15 5/8 × 12 in.); Gift of William J. Donald; 1953-102-4

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