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1920

  • Work on this object began.

1940

  • Work on this object ended.

1951

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Print, La Poste du Douane

This is a Print. It is dated ca. 1925 and we acquired it in 1951. Its medium is etching in sepia ink on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Miss Frances Morris.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 19.5 × 28.3 cm (7 11/16 × 11 1/8 in.) Sheet: 29.1 × 43 cm (11 7/16 × 16 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: F. S. Head Co.

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: Elizabeth Fyfe

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: (50 proofs); lower center: La Poste du Douane; lower right: S.13847

Cite this object as

Print, La Poste du Douane; USA; etching in sepia ink on laid paper; Platemark: 19.5 × 28.3 cm (7 11/16 × 11 1/8 in.) Sheet: 29.1 × 43 cm (11 7/16 × 16 15/16 in.); 1951-94-1

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