Gulliver's Packard

Name/Title

Gulliver's Packard

Entry/Object ID

1979.3.1

Description

Intaglio (etching) in black ink on white vellum paper with no watermark. Image depicts a very large antique automobile being constructed by a number of lilliputian figures. The automobile is surrounded by a number of small size trucks, tractors and cranes, and by various automotive parts for the larger auto. A railroad track runs on a diagonal from the right edge to the bottom edge. A locomotive appears on this track at the right edge of this image. In the background is a very detailed city with a multitude of buildings and vehicles. Above is blank sky. The print is titled in pencil, "Gulliver's Packard" below the image to the left; it is numbered in pencil, "198/200" below the image center; and the print is signed, dated, and another mark appears after the date which is illegible, all in pencil, "B. McCombs (19) 78 **(?)" below the image to the right. Sheet size: 24 5/8 x 30 3/16" Image size 21 13/16 x 27 5/8"

Collection

Anderson Winter Show

Acquisition

Accession

1979.3

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Notes

Purchase from 1979 Anderson Winter Show

Made/Created

Artist

Bruce McCombs

Date made

1978

Time Period

20th Century

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Paper size

Height

24-5/8 in

Width

30-3/16 in

Dimension Notes

21.8125" x 27.625" image, 29.25" x 34.25" framed

Color

Black, White

Exhibition

EXH1979.3