Excursion Boat

Name/Title

Excursion Boat

Entry/Object ID

Akeley Archive 054

Description

Soft ground and aquatint

Type of Print

Etching, Aquatint

Artwork Details

Medium

ink, Paper

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

George Overbury "Pop" Hart

Role

Artist

Date made

1925

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City, NY

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

lower left below plate

Transcription

PW 28 Excursion Boat

Material/Technique

Pencil, Written

Type

Inscription

Location

lower center below plate

Transcription

Etching - Soft G[?] and aquatint Reproduced in Fine Prints of [illegible] 1925

Material/Technique

Pencil, Written

Type

Signature

Location

lower right below plate

Transcription

Pop [insigna] Hart

Material/Technique

Pencil, Written

Type

Inscription, Date

Location

lower left recto

Transcription

Dec 5 1928 [D.G.]

Translation

possibly date of purchase and gallery Downtown Gallery

Material/Technique

Stamped, Ink

Dimensions

Dimension Description

plate

Height

10-1/4 in

Width

13-1/2 in

Provenance

Notes

Downtown Gallery, New York City; Professor Edward Akeley (1894-1984) and Mrs. Anna Akeley (1904-2004), West Lafayette, Indiana; donated to Purdue University Archives; transferred to Purdue University Galleries