Mevagissey, Cornwall

Kerr Eby, American (born Japan), 1890 - 1946

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about 1925-1926

Etching and drypoint on laid paper

90

Plate: 9 13/16 × 14 1/8 in. (25 × 35.9 cm)

Sheet: 11 13/16 × 15 7/8 in. (30 × 40.3 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Hersey Egginton in memory of her son, Everett Egginton, Class of 1921

PR.954.20.138

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

Inscribed, in graphite, lower left margin: Ed 90; signed, in graphite, lower right margin: Kerr Eby imp.; inscribed, in graphite, lower left margin: Mevagissy; inscribed, in graphite, lower right: 36; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, lower left: Mevagissy; Watermark, center: VAN GELDER ZONEN

Provenance

Collected by Hersey Egginton (1875-1951); bequeathed to his wife, Mary E. (Benner) Egginton (1875-1962), Garden City, New York, 1951; given to present collection, 1954.

Catalogue Raisonne

Giardina (1997): 100

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