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1905

  • Work on this object began.

1915

  • Work on this object ended.

1956

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Photograph, The Village Prattlers

This is a Photograph. It was photographed by David Davidson. It is dated ca. 1910 and we acquired it in 1956. Its medium is hand-colored photograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mary M. Kenway. It is credited Gift of Mary M. Kenway from the estate of Sarah B. Russell.

Its dimensions are

Image: 24 × 19.2 cm (9 7/16 × 7 9/16 in.) Mount: 40.3 × 34.7 cm (15 7/8 × 13 11/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite on mount, lower right: David Davidson

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite on mount, lower left: The Village Prattlers

Cite this object as

Photograph, The Village Prattlers; Photographed by David Davidson; USA; hand-colored photograph on paper; Image: 24 × 19.2 cm (9 7/16 × 7 9/16 in.) Mount: 40.3 × 34.7 cm (15 7/8 × 13 11/16 in.); Gift of Mary M. Kenway from the estate of Sarah B. Russell; 1956-42-6

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