The Lamps of God, 1922

Not on View

Medium

pen and black ink over graphite on paperboard

Dimensions

image: 26.99 x 70.17 cm (10 5/8 x 27 5/8 in.)

sheet: 29.53 x 31.75 cm (11 5/8 x 12 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Moniz Family

Accession Number

2008.128.4

Artists / Makers

Winsor McCay (artist) American, 1869(?) - 1934

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

lower right in pen and black and ink: Winsor / McCay; lower margin in red colored pencil: 16 1/2" wide; in graphite: 8 cols [scratched out in red colored pencil] rush [underlined] Blue print to A.B. by noon-; left verso in blue colored pencil: Editorial / 4/9/22

Marks and Labels

verso: partial remains of two stickers

Provenance

by descent to Ray Winsor Moniz (grandson of the artist); by descent to Margaret Ann Moniz and Ann Winsor Moniz, Highland Falls, NY; gift to NGA, 2008

Associated Names

Moniz, Ann Winsor