Lest We Forget

Jay Darling

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Jay Darling (American, 1876–1962). Lest We Forget, 1945. Ink with Benday Tone on heavy paper, sheet: 24 3/8 x 17 9/16 in. (61.9 x 44.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Harold J. Baily, 67.62.15. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Lest We Forget

Date

1945

Medium

Ink with Benday Tone on heavy paper

Classification

Drawing

Dimensions

sheet: 24 3/8 x 17 9/16 in. (61.9 x 44.6 cm)

Signatures

Signed lower right in ink: "Ding"

Inscriptions

Inscribed top center, in graphite: "LEST WE FORGET."

Markings

Printed along bottom edge: "Craftint / SINGLETONE Drawing Board / Pattern No. B3" and "THE CRAFTINT MANUFACTURING CO. / 208-210 St. Clair Ave., N. W. / Cleveland, OH"; embossed stamp, lower right corner (upside-down): circle with stylized flower (dandelion?) in center and "STRATHMORE ARTIST" around edge

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Harold J. Baily

Accession Number

67.62.15

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