Fish hawk

Fish hawk

Item Information

Title:
Fish hawk
Artist:
Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951
Name on Item:
F.W.B.
Date:
1913
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Frank W. Benson (1862-1951). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Ospreys
Fish
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 30 x 25 cm
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Ordeman: 18
Additional information accompanying item: The pencil drawing for the plate, of the same size and in reverse is in Mr. Benson's collection.
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Ordeman, John T. "Frank W. Benson's etchings, drypoints and lithographs, an illustrated and descriptive catalogue." Hickok-Bockus, 1994, Summit, New Jersey.
Notes (object):
Only state. Printed with much tone.
Etching on zinc. Reproduced. Thirteen impressions on Shogun, Tuscany and plate paper. Mr. Benson used the rich, granular line obtainable by etching on zinc three times. The plates are "Geese Against the Sky," (Ordeman #38), "Smelt Fisherman" (Ordeman #20) and Dusk (Ordeman #34). "Flight of Blue Bills" (Ordeman #67) is a drypoint made on a zinc plate.
Notes (exhibitions):
Guild of Boston Artists, February 1915
Identifier:
18_16_000036
Barcode:
36666003904576