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Print

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1941

GUSN

GUSN-11333

Description

Of rectangular, horizontal format print of two ducks in a marshy body of water with cattails and rushes in the background. One duck- with a green head, white rim, brown and gray body- is facing left, seen in profile. The other (female?) is brown and is facing slightly right. In an unpainted wooden frame with two brands of gold painted relief decoration.

Details

Descriptive Terms

landscapes (representations)
prints (visual works)
ink
paper (fiber product)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
ducks (birds)
scenes (depictions)
Unidentified Paper
Ink
Duck
Scenic
Print

Inscription

Printed in the watercolor in the lower left of the image, diagonally in the corner is: A. Pope Jr./41 . In the lower right of the image in green is: Armstron & Co. Boston.

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Pope, A., Jr. (Artist)
Armstrong & Co. (Printmaker)

Location of Origin

Boston, MA, USA

Dimensions

13 7/8 x 20 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1682

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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