An Etching Society Outing

Description:

This light-hearted etching by Stephen Ferris, the Philadelphia Society of Etchers Outing in 1900, recalls the sixth such event held by the Society on the Neshaminy River near Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Etching, eating, and games were the outing’s major activities.

Ferris was a founding member of the Society, organized in 1880, and its first treasurer. Initially, it was an important source for information in the Philadelphia area about the newly revived technique of etching. The group met monthly during the summer for more than twenty years, offering occasions for its members to exchange prints.

Date Made: 1900

Graphic Artist: Ferris, Stephen James

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: Fishing

Subject:

See more items in: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts, Ferris Collection, Communications, Art

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Related Publication: William C. Patterson. The Philadelphia Society of Etchers

Credit Line: Jean Leon Gerome Ferris

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: GA.14476Accession Number: 94830Catalog Number: 14476

Object Name: print

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)Measurements: image: 18 cm x 12.5 cm; 7 1/16 in x 4 15/16 insheet: 27.5 cm x 20 cm; 10 13/16 in x 7 7/8 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-b26e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1001895

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