Tanning the Nets
Tanning the Nets

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Tanning the Nets

Gifford Reynolds Beal, American, 1879–1956
x1940-52

Information

Title
Tanning the Nets
Maker
Gifford Reynolds Beal
Medium

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 18.1 x 36.4 cm. (7 1/8 x 14 5/16 in.)
sheet: 27.2 x 40.8 cm. (10 11/16 x 16 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Gifford Beal

Object Number
x1940-52
Signatures

In graphite, lower right below plate: Gifford Beal

Inscription

In graphite, lower left: Tanning the nets
In graphite, lower left: C735
In graphite, lower right: 30-

Culture
American
Type
prints, etchings
Subject
horses, workers, figures (representations), streetscapes, men, carts

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