Spiritual potentate

Spiritual potentate

Item Information

Title:
Spiritual potentate
Description:
A satire. (Bellows) / The identity of the subject of this pointed satire is unknown. The title, "Spiritual Potentate," unmistakably refers to the pompous clergyman pictured as one smugly sure of his righteousness God-given powers. (Mason)
Artist:
Bellows, George, 1882-1925
Printer:
Brown, Bolton, 1864-1936
Name on Item:
Geo Bellows ; Bolton Brown - imp.
Date:
1923
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Lithographs
Portrait prints
Satires (Visual works)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Clergy
Extent:
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 37 x 32 cm
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Terms of Use:
No Copyright - United States
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Notes:
Title from Mason catalogue raisonné.
Mason: M. 142; Bellows: B. 124
Additional information accompanying item: Signed "GB" in lower left corner. "Bolton Brown - imp."
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Albert Henry Wiggin
Notes (date):
Date from Mason catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Mason, Lauris. "The lithographs of George Bellows : a catalogue raisonné." KTO Press, 1977, Millwood, N.Y.
Bellows, Emma. "George W. Bellows : his lithographs." A. A. Knopf, 1927, New York.
Accession #:
1941.1.154
Identifier:
06_05_000125
W. 2859 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666003813348