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Robert Frederick Blum

Souvenir of Coney Island

Maker

Robert Frederick Blum (American, 1857-1903), designer

Title

Souvenir of Coney Island

Year

1880

Medium

  • etching

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • etching

Materials

etching

Supports

  • light cream wove paper

Dimensions

6.8 x 7 cm (2 11/16 x 2 3/4 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:in LR in pencil:114.Verso:in pencil in LL corner and along right side:24.393; in pencil along bottom edge:C.M.A. #258 Souvenir of Coney Island/Signed and dated, 1880In Plate--In sky to the right of center:BLUM 1880; along bottom edge:Souvenir of Coney Island

Marks: Watermark:CRYSTAL LITE. Artist's stamp in red ink under platemark on right within a red square:BLUM In brown ink on verso:RISD/MUSEUM/OF ART surrounded by PROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLAND all inscribed in a circle

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

24.393

Type

  • Prints

Publications

  • Books

Whistler to Weidenaar: American Prints 1870-1950

Gifts from the Fazzano brothers and other donors

Exhibition History

A Private Collection Goes Public
Prints from the Fazzano Brothers Gift
Sep 18, 1987 – Nov 08, 1987

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Robert Frederick Blum (American, 1857-1903), designer
Souvenir of Coney Island, 1880
etching
6.8 x 7 cm (2 11/16 x 2 3/4 inches) (plate)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 24.393

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