Mallards Descending

Name/Title

Mallards Descending

Entry/Object ID

74.32

Artwork Details

Medium

Print, etching on paper

Context

Credit Line: Purchased by the Canton Museum of Art

Made/Created

Artist

Benson Bond Moore

Date made

n.d.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Frame Size

Height

14-1/8 in

Width

15-1/8 in

Dimension Description

Image Size

Height

5-3/4 in

Width

7 in

Interpretative Labels

Label

From childhood, Moore sketched animals, often at the National Zoo, and in later years he did over 3700 illustrations of animals in the newspaper "The Evening Star." He also did numerous paintings for the Smithsonian that were reproduced in their "Scientific Series."