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1933

  • Work on this object began.

1957

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Print, John Paul Jones

This is a Print. It was created by William Zadig. It is dated 1933 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is woodcut in brick-red and black inks on white mulberry paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by F. Elizabeth De Voy. It is credited Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 26.5 × 21.2 cm (10 7/16 × 8 3/8 in.) 45.5 × 36.4 cm (17 15/16 × 14 5/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower right: "Zadig"; signed in graphite, lower right: "Zadig 1933"

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "John Paul Jones"; lower right, "To Miss E. DeVoy"

Cite this object as

Print, John Paul Jones; William Zadig (Swedish, 1884–1952); USA; woodcut in brick-red and black inks on white mulberry paper; Platemark: 26.5 × 21.2 cm (10 7/16 × 8 3/8 in.) 45.5 × 36.4 cm (17 15/16 × 14 5/16 in.); Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy; 1957-58-45

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