Our Delousing Campaign

Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Jay Darling (American, 1876–1962). Our Delousing Campaign, ca. 1949. Ink and graphite on paper, sheet: 23 1/8 x 19 3/4 in. (58.7 x 50.2 cm) image: 22 1/16 x 19 in. (56 x 48.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Harold J. Baily, 67.62.12. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Our Delousing Campaign
Date
ca. 1949
Medium
Ink and graphite on paper
Classification
Dimensions
sheet: 23 1/8 x 19 3/4 in. (58.7 x 50.2 cm) image: 22 1/16 x 19 in. (56 x 48.3 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower right in ink: "Jay Darling (retired 1949)"
Inscriptions
Inscribed in ink, lower right of image: "To Bing Baily / A FAITHFUL FOLLOWER / FOR MANY YEARS / -- KAI -- / Jay N. Darling / (RETIRED / 1949)"; inscribed in borders of sheet: "OUR DELOUSING CAMPAIGN" in ink at top edge; "Syndicate" in ink and "43 1/4" in red pencil at lower right; Inscribed verso, lower right, in green ink: "Rec'd"
Markings
Stamped verso, lower right: "JUL 21 1949 / HAROLD J. BAILY / COUNSELOR AT LAW / 32 LIBERTY STREET NEW YORK"
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Harold J. Baily
Accession Number
67.62.12
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