Broadbills
Item Information
- Title:
- Broadbills
- Title (alt.):
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Drawing for "Broadbills"
- Artist:
- Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951
- Date:
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[ca. 1882–1919]
- Format:
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Drawings/Illustrations
- Genre:
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Crayon drawings
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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Frank W. Benson (1862-1951). Prints and Drawings
- Subjects:
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Ducks
Bodies of water
Grasses
Lesser scaup
- Extent:
- 1 drawing : lithographic crayon ; plate mark 25 x 20 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/1v53ks371
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Notes:
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Title from material accompanying item.
Alternative title from material accompanying item.
Drawing for the drypoint of the same title (Ordeman: 153).
Additional information accompanying item: Mr. Benson's collection also contains a rough sketch of his first idea for this plate. The sketch is done on white paper with crayon and measures 6 5/8 x 5 1/2."
- Notes (date):
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Date supplied by cataloger.
Date of drypoint of same title is 1919.
- Notes (citation):
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Ordeman, John T. "Frank W. Benson's etchings, drypoints and lithographs, an illustrated and descriptive catalogue." Hickok-Bockus, 1994, Summit, New Jersey.
- Notes (object):
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This drawing for Broadbills, here reproduced, was made with lithographic crayon directly on the copperplate and then transferred to paper by means of the printing press. The soft, sticky crayon lines on the plate transfer easily to the paper when put through the press. This process, which enables the artist to see the design in the sense in which it will appear in the printed drypoint, has been employed also in making the following plates: "Solitude" (Ordeman #75), "Swans and Teal" (Ordeman #110), "Three Geese" (Ordeman #135), "Eider Drake" (Ordeman #136), "Geese" (Ordeman #124), and "Winter Yellowlegs" (Ordeman #142).
- Identifier:
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18_16_000372
- Barcode:
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36666003909831
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