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Print of two birds landing or hovering at the side of a lake or pond. One bird flies higher over the other which appears to be landing. One bird is placed in the upper right part of the picture while the other bird is to the left. Tall grass and other detailed plants can be found at the lower right corner of the print, while scattered weeds are placed in the lower left. In the distance a landscape trails from side to side of the print.
etchings (prints)
prints (visual works)
paper (fiber product)
ink
Print
"Snipe at Dawn"
"A. Lasell Ripley" (handwritten)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P251
FA145
Ripley, Aiden Lasell, 1896-1969 (Artist)
12 10/16 x 17 6/16 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.674
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