A Summer Shower

Artist William Harry Warren Bicknell (American, 1860 - 1947)

Date1938

DimensionsPaper: H 12 5/8 x W 15 1/2 in. (H 32.1 x W 39.4 cm)
Plate: H 7 7/8 x W 11 in. (H 20 x W 27.9 cm)

Credit LineCourtesy of the Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service, U. S. General Services Administration. Commissioned through the New Deal art projects, 1945

Object number45.1052

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Primary Title A Summer Shower

Inscriptionsrecto: l.r. graphite "WHW Bicknell"; l. edge graphite "W.P.A. 1938 'A Summer Shower' Etching 8 x 11 WHW Bicknell"; verso: u.l. black crayon "504-12"Marks and Labels/Stamps"[VAN GELD]ER ZONEN HOLLAND" watermark; WPA label on file: "of the Works Progress Administration Washington, D. C. ARTIST BICKNELL, WILLIAM H. STATE MASSACHUSETTS MEDIUM ETCHING TITLE OF WORK A SUMMER SHOWER LOANED TO FEDERAL ART PROJECT 1734 NEW YORK AVENUE, N. W. WASHINGTON, D.C. DATE September 8, 1938 This work is the property of the United States Government and is loaned subject to regulations of loan and is not to be removed." (label trimmed) Stamped in black ink on label "SEP 14 1938" Written and encircled in graphite "M"

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