Boston Public LibrarySir Muirhead Bone (1876-1953). Prints, Drawings, and Paintings / British Artists
Alec Gordon
Item Information
- Title:
- Alec Gordon
- Description:
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An old man seated, drawn by firelight ; both hands rest on his right knee and he looks down towards the left. He wears a cap and a coat buttoned up to the chin ; the legs are unfinished. The background behind the head and shoulders is heavily shaded. The right eyelid, the brow above the nose and right eye, and the side of the nose darkened with dry point.
- Artist:
- Bone, Muirhead, Sir, 1876-1953
- Name on Item:
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Muirhead Bone
- Date:
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1899
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
Drypoints
Portrait prints
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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Sir Muirhead Bone (1876-1953). Prints, Drawings, and Paintings
- Subjects:
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Older people
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching on zinc and drypoint ; plate mark 203 x 102 mm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2227nr95r
- Terms of Use:
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Copyright (c) Muirhead Bone
All rights reserved.
- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Dodgson number: 30, II.
- Notes (date):
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Date from catalogue raisonné.
- Notes (citation):
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Dodgson, Campbell. "Etching & Dry Point by Muirhead Bone. I. 1898-1907. A Catalogue by Campbell Dodgson." Obach & Co., 1909.
- Notes (object):
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Second state of two, with added dry point and numerous accidental scratches on the plate.
- Identifier:
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17_04_000015
W. 543 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000180451
