Never Have So Many Owed So Much to So Few
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Jay Darling (American, 1876–1962). Never Have So Many Owed So Much to So Few, 1944. Ink over graphite on paper, sheet: 28 5/8 x 22 11/16 in. (72.7 x 57.6 cm) image: 27 5/8 x 21 3/4 in. (70.2 x 55.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Harold J. Baily, 67.62.10. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Artist
Title
Never Have So Many Owed So Much to So Few
Date
1944
Medium
Ink over graphite on paper
Classification
Dimensions
sheet: 28 5/8 x 22 11/16 in. (72.7 x 57.6 cm) image: 27 5/8 x 21 3/4 in. (70.2 x 55.2 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower right in ink: "Ding"
Inscriptions
Inscribed in graphite, lower right of image, below signature: "May 30, '44" and, along bottom edge of sheet, "'NEVER DID SO MANY OWE SO MUCH TO [SO] FEW' (HOLD FOR MEMORIAL DAY)"
Markings
Stamps on verso, lower left: "RECEIVED / JUNE 9 1944 / HAROLD J. BAILY [within ring of numbers 1-12]" and "HAROLD JAMES BAILY / COUNSELOR AT LAW / 32 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK"
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Harold J. Baily
Accession Number
67.62.10
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