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1941

  • Work on this object began.

1955

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Print, Firing the Howitzer

This is a Print. It is dated 1941 and we acquired it in 1955. Its medium is lithograph 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: 29.7 × 36.2 cm (11 11/16 × 14 1/4 in.) Sheet: 36.7 × 48.2 cm (14 7/16 × 19 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: James E Allen

It is inscribed

Signed in graphite, lower left:To our good friends / Frank and Eleanor Mitchell / James E Allen / Dec 25 1941; lower right: Lithograph on stone, presented by Jim Allen, of Larchmont, Xmas 1941

Cite this object as

Print, Firing the Howitzer; USA; lithograph in black ink on paper; Image: 29.7 × 36.2 cm (11 11/16 × 14 1/4 in.) Sheet: 36.7 × 48.2 cm (14 7/16 × 19 in.); 1955-111-9

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