1940-1949
GUSN-11340
Rectangular, horizontal format print of two ducks in an autumn landscape. In crepuscular light, floating on a river with trees on the far bank rendered sketchily in earth tones. There are gray/brown ducks, one facing right, seen in profile, its mate to the right. They appear to be a type of mallard. The frame is an elaborately molded unpainted wood, with an inner band of stenciled grey paint over gilding.
landscapes (representations)
prints (visual works)
ink
paper (fiber product)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
ducks (birds)
scenes (depictions)
Unidentified Paper
Ink
Duck
Scenic
Print
Diagonally, in the lower left corner, painted in greyish-beige is: A. Pope, Jr. In the image's lower right, along the bottom edge, painted in beige is: Armstrong & Co., Boston . On the back of the board, along the left side in black paint (appears to have been painted before being cut down to serve as the backing) is: G. So.
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Armstrong & Co. (Printmaker)
Pope, A., Jr. (Artist)
Boston, MA, USA
13 3/4 x 20 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1683
Massachusetts (United States)
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