Herbert Alvin Sharpe and WPA/Federal Art Project, Louisiana
The Chain Gang
1937
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Drypoint with printed tone, Sheet: 246 x 356 mm. (9 11/16 x 14 in.)
Plate: 212 x 297 mm. (8 3/8 x 11 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
The United States General Services Administration, formerly Federal Works Agency, Works Progress Administration, on extended loan to the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Object Number
L.1943.9.789
Extended Loans IN
Inscribed: RECTO: BL in plate: 'H. ALVIN-SHARPE / 38'; LL margin (pencil): ' The Chain Gang' ; LR margin (pencil): 'H Alvin-Sharpe'. VERSO: TC (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; Lower C: BMA stamp.
