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1936

  • Work on this object began.

1963

  • We acquired this object.

1975

  • Work on this object ended.

2015

2025

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Print, Federal Duck Stamp Design

This is a Print. It was created by Richard Evett Bishop. It is dated 1936 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is engraving in black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Jules R. Breuchaud.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 12.7 × 20.3 cm (5 × 8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower right: RICHARD E. BISHOP ©; signed in pen and black ink, below: Richard E. Bishop

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower left: Federal Duck Stamp Design; lower center: For Frank L. Pruyn[?], a famous gunner who brings / you ducks when you ask for pheasant.

Cite this object as

Print, Federal Duck Stamp Design; Richard Evett Bishop (American, 1887–1975); USA; engraving in black ink on paper; H x W: 12.7 × 20.3 cm (5 × 8 in.); 1963-58-15-a

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