Tame fish hawk

Tame fish hawk

Item Information

Title:
Tame fish hawk
Description:
This etching was made at North Haven, Maine; the bird was one of a pair of fish hawks which Mr. Benson's children raised from the nest.
Artist:
Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951
Name on Item:
F. W. Benson
Date:
1912
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Frank W. Benson (1862-1951). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Ospreys
Trained animals
Bodies of water
Clouds
Places:
Maine > Knox (county) > North Haven Island (island)
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 20 x 15 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/1v53kb79v
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Ordeman: 3
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Frank W. Benson; 1947
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Ordeman, John T. "Frank W. Benson's etchings, drypoints and lithographs, an illustrated and descriptive catalogue." Hickok-Bockus, 1994, Summit, New Jersey.
Notes (object):
Only state. Before added lines around legs of the boy and the dark line in sky slanting from the cloud.
Reproduced. Seven impressions, on plate and Shogun paper.
Identifier:
18_16_000044
Barcode:
36666003904055