Man rescuing drowning woman

photo-engraving

PRINTS - ENGRAVINGS
Burns, Milton J.
before 1905
paper
sheet: 12 x 9-1/2 in.; image: 5-3/4 x 3-1/2 in.

Photo-engraving, half tone, engraver's proof of illustration by Milton J. Burns; man hanging from cliff on bosuns-type chair and rope, attempting to rescue a drowning woman; signed in the plate lower left "BurnS/ -03(?)-"; signed in pencil lower right "M. J. Burns." Date is unclear, may be 1903 or 1905.

2001.12.17