Battery Belles
Battery Belles
Battery Belles
Battery Belles

Currently not on view

Battery Belles,

1938

Reginald Marsh, 1898–1954; born Paris, France; died Dorset, VT; active New York, NY
x1985-53

Information

Title
Battery Belles
Dates

1938

Maker
Reginald Marsh
Medium
Etching and engraving printed in black ink on white wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 22.7 x 30.1 cm. (8 15/16 x 11 7/8 in.) sheet: 27.5 x 38.7 cm. (10 13/16 x 15 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Michael H. Strater, Class of 1951
Object Number
x1985-53
Signatures
Signed and dated in plate, lower right: R.M. 1938 Signed in graphite, lower right: Reginald Marsh
Inscription
In graphite, lower left: Forty Proofs
Marks/Labels/Seals
In graphite, lower center: Battery Belles - 20
Culture
American
Type
oil paintings, engravings, etchings, prints
Subject
pigeons, women, ships, steamboats, figures (representations)

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