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1933

  • Work on this object began.

1980

  • We acquired this object.

2016

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Print, Song of the Open Road (Colophon)

This is a Print. It was written by Walt Whitman. It is dated 1933 and we acquired it in 1980. Its medium is etching and soft ground in black ink on cream wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Unknown Donor.

Its dimensions are

45.7 × 37.5 cm (18 × 14 3/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and black ink, lower right: Lewis C. Daniel

Cite this object as

Print, Song of the Open Road (Colophon); Written by Walt Whitman (1819 – 1892); etching and soft ground in black ink on cream wove paper; 45.7 × 37.5 cm (18 × 14 3/4 in.); Gift of Unknown Donor; 1980-32-1710-2

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