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1937

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1955

  • We acquired this object.

2016

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Print, Mail Boat - Panama

This is a Print. It is dated 1937 and we acquired it in 1955. Its medium is etching and drypoint 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

Platemark: 22.6 × 30.3 cm (8 7/8 × 11 15/16 in.) Sheet: 28.4 × 37 cm (11 3/16 × 14 9/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower left: JA 37; signed in graphite, lower right: James E Allen

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left, below plateline: To Frank and Eleanor with memories of Panama / James E Allen; lower left corner: Mail Boat - Panama; lower center: Print no 3 published state

Cite this object as

Print, Mail Boat - Panama; USA; etching and drypoint in black ink on paper; Platemark: 22.6 × 30.3 cm (8 7/8 × 11 15/16 in.) Sheet: 28.4 × 37 cm (11 3/16 × 14 9/16 in.); 1955-111-7

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