Accession Number
1940.28

Title
Island with Tripod—Monhegan—'Outer Duck'

Artist(s)
Warren Lombard

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1924-1926

Medium & Support
drypoint on paper

Dimensions
4 in x 5 15/16 in (10.2 cm x 15.1 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Prof. and Mrs. Alfred H. White

Subject matter
The tripod and lighthouse on the horizon seem to be part of a maritime warning system. "The Annual Report of the Light-House Board of the United States to the Secretary of the Treasury for the Fiscal Year 1888," p. 34, lists "Duck Rocks, Monhegan Island, Maine.—A wooden tripod, 57 feet high."

Physical Description
This horizontal print has rocky outcroppings on the left and right, surf between, and a spit of land across the horizon with a tripod on it and a tiny lighthouse in the distance on the left. 

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
islands
lighthouses
marine bodies of water
modern and contemporary art
rocks (landforms)
water