Man sitting on whale, fantasy

photo-engraving

PRINTS - ENGRAVINGS
Burns, Milton J.
1894
paper
sheet: 8-1/2 x 11-5/8 in.; image: 5-1/4 x 5-7/8 in.

Photo-engraving, half tone, engraver's proof of illustration by Milton J. Burns; fantasy (?), man straddling what appears to be a whale, holding it's fin, sea birds are circling and he is attempting to scare them away, sharks appear to be circling in the water; signed in the plate lower left "BurnS./ 94-"; pencil sketch in lower right of sheet.

2001.12.33