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Geese Alighting

Artist: Frank Weston Benson, American, 1862-1951
Medium: Drypoint etching on cream, medium thick, slightly textured wove paper
Dates: 1916
Dimensions: Sheet: 14 1/16 x 11 5/16 in. (35.7 x 28.7 cm) Image: 9 7/8 x 8 1/16 in. (25.1 x 20.5 cm)
Signature: Etched at lower left "F. W. Benson. '16"
Inscriptions: Inscribed in pencil below image, at lower left, "Frank W Benson" and, at lower right, "23"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 17.136
Credit Line: Museum Collection Fund
Image: Overall, 17.136_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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