Battery Place
William Walcot, English (born Russia), 1874 - 1943
about 1923
Etching and drypoint on wove paper
Plate: 5 11/16 × 5 3/4 in. (14.5 × 14.6 cm)
Sheet: 10 11/16 × 11 15/16 in. (27.1 × 30.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Hersey Egginton in memory of her son, Everett Egginton, Class of 1921
PR.954.20.565
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, lower right margin: W. Walcot.; inscribed, in graphite, lower edge, not in artist's hand: BATTERY PLACE. M5[in circle] 732AE Watermark: A.C. & H.W.D. INC. NEW YORK [embossed flower and date (?) 19-23]
Exhibition History
British Etchings c.1860-1930, Barrows Print Room, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 7, 1971-January 7, 1972.
Picturing New York: Images of the City, 1890-1955, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 31-June 21, 1992.
Publication History
Barbara MacAdam, "Picturing New York: Images of the City,1890-1955", Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1992, no.76.
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.
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