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1942

  • Work on this object began.

1955

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Print, Bombers' Prey

This is a Print. It is dated 1942 and we acquired it in 1955. Its medium is etching in black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by William Franklin Mitchell and Mrs. William Franklin Mitchell.

Its dimensions are

Image: 26.2 × 24.8 cm (10 5/16 × 9 3/4 in.) Sheet: 36.5 × 33.7 cm (14 3/8 × 13 1/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower left: J A / 42; signed in graphite, lower right: James E Allen

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: Bombers' Prey 12 00

Cite this object as

Print, Bombers' Prey; USA; etching in black ink on paper; Image: 26.2 × 24.8 cm (10 5/16 × 9 3/4 in.) Sheet: 36.5 × 33.7 cm (14 3/8 × 13 1/4 in.); 1955-111-12

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