Old Tom

Old Tom

Item Information

Title:
Old Tom
Description:
The plate is a portrait of the late Thomas Nickerson of Eastham, Massachusetts, who was also the subject of "The Gunner" (Ordeman #52).
Artist:
Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951
Name on Item:
Frank W. Benson
Date:
1926
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Frank W. Benson (1862-1951). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Game bird hunting
Dead animals
Geese
Rifles
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 38 x 25 cm
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Ordeman: 246
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 granular tone darkens the right and left foreground, hitherto white, and the bank in the middle distance. The feet of the figure and the gun barrel, hitherto only lightly sketched, are now defined. Reproduced. One hundred and fifty proofs, signed, on Whatman paper.
Identifier:
18_16_000498
Barcode:
36666003819550