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Paul Drury

Portrait of a black man,

Description

Maker

  • Paul Drury

Title

Portrait of a black man

Medium

plate tone

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • etching,
  • plate tone

Techniques

  • etching,
  • plate tone

Supports

  • medium weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

12.5 x 10.2 cm (4 15/16 x 4 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered UR: "Paul Drury 1925"

Inscribed in graphite, LR: "Paul Drury '25 fec. et imp." and LL: "2nd state, no. 42"

Identification

State

ii

Edition

42

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Bequest of Dr. Charles H. MacDonald

Object Number

60.085.24

About

Portrait of a black man
Head of a Negro

42

Lettered UR: "Paul Drury 1925"

Inscribed in graphite, LR: "Paul Drury '25 fec. et imp." and LL: "2nd state, no. 42"

ii

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Portrait of a black man with the accession number of 60.085.24. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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