Wellfleet Oyster Houses

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

Date1938

DimensionsPaper: H 11 1/4 x W 13 7/8 in. (H 28.6 x W 35.3 cm)
Plate: H 6 7/8 x W 9 15/16 in. (H 17.5 x W 25.3 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 number45.1055

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Primary Title Wellfleet Oyster Houses

Inscriptionsrecto: l.r. graphite "WHW Bicknell"; l. edge graphite "W.P.A. 1938 'Wellfleet Oyster Housese' Etching 7 x 10 W.H.W. Bicknell"Marks and Labels/StampsWPA label on file: "of the Works Progress Administration Washington, D. C. ARTIST BICKNELL, WILLIAM H. STATE MASSACHUSETTS MEDIUM ETCHING TITLE OF WORK WELLFLEET OYSTER HOUSES LOANED TO FAP NATIONAL 1734 NEW YORK AVENUE, N. W. WASHINGTON, D.C. DATE MAY 10, 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 "MAY 12 1938" Written and encircled in blue pencil on label "M"

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