Black breast plover

Black breast plover

Item Information

Title:
Black breast plover
Artist:
Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951
Name on Item:
Frank W. Benson
Date:
1915
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Frank W. Benson (1862-1951). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Birds
Beaches
Pluvialis squatarola
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 18 x 28 cm
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Ordeman: 71
Handwritten on item: From artist's personal collection.
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Frank W. Benson; July 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):
Published state. A sixth plover is introduced in the foreground at the right. The line, marking the nearer edge of the water, is drawn, while a stretch of mud flat and a shore complete the distance to the left. Reproduced. Fifty proofs, signed and numbered, on Shogun paper.
Identifier:
18_16_000073
Barcode:
36666003830284