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Print, Todd's Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York, 1937

This is a Print. It is dated 1937 and we acquired it in 1955. Its medium is etching in brown ink on cream wove 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

Platemark: 32.2 × 20 cm (12 11/16 × 7 7/8 in.) Sheet: 44 × 26.5 cm (17 5/16 × 10 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: 19-37 James E Allen

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: To Eleanor / James E Allen

Cite this object as

Print, Todd's Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York, 1937; USA; etching in brown ink on cream wove paper; Platemark: 32.2 × 20 cm (12 11/16 × 7 7/8 in.) Sheet: 44 × 26.5 cm (17 5/16 × 10 7/16 in.); 1955-151-2

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