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1920

  • Work on this object began.

1930

  • Work on this object ended.

1962

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Print, Prodigal Son

This is a Print. It was created by Eugene Higgins. It is dated ca. 1925 and we acquired it in 1962. Its medium is etching in black ink on cream laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Alpheus Cole. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Alpheus Cole.

Its dimensions are

Recto: Platemark: 17.6 × 23.6 cm (6 15/16 × 9 5/16 in.) Verso: Platemark: 20 × 24.8 cm (7 7/8 × 9 3/4 in.)

It is signed

Recto: Signed in graphite, lower right, below plate: Eugene Higgins Imp.

It is inscribed

Recto: Inscribed in graphite in margin, lower left: Prodical [sic] Son

Cite this object as

Print, Prodigal Son; Eugene Higgins (1874 – 1958); USA; etching in black ink on cream laid paper; Recto: Platemark: 17.6 × 23.6 cm (6 15/16 × 9 5/16 in.) Verso: Platemark: 20 × 24.8 cm (7 7/8 × 9 3/4 in.); Gift of Mrs. Alpheus Cole; 1962-136-49

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