An Etching Society Outing
An Etching Society Outing
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- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Date made
- 1900
- graphic artist
- Ferris, Stephen James
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- image: 18 cm x 12.5 cm; 7 1/16 in x 4 15/16 in
- sheet: 27.5 cm x 20 cm; 10 13/16 in x 7 7/8 in
- ID Number
- GA.14476
- accession number
- 94830
- catalog number
- 14476
- Credit Line
- Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
- subject
- Fishing
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- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Ferris Collection
- Communications
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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