New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

The Retreat From Long Island

Artist Levon West (American, 1900-1968)

Publisher Levon West (American, 1900-1968)

CultureAmerican

Date1932

MediumEtching

DimensionsOverall, Plate: 12 1/8 x 9 1/8 in. (30.9 x 23.1 cm)
Overall: 17 1/8 x 10 in. (43.6 x 25.4 cm)

InscribedIn pencil lower right of mat: "To be returned to John Taylor Arms, Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Conn., U.S.A.". Paper watermarked along top edge "Hand Made" backwards and "F.J. Head & Co." at bottom backwards.

Credit LineBequest of Dorothy Noyes Arms

Object number55.28.105H

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DescriptionEtching on laid paper. No. 10 of the Bicentennial Pageant of George Washington.

Label TextLevon West American (1900-1968) The Retreat from Long Island, 1932 Etching 55.28.105 hExhibition History"First in the Hearts of His Countrymen: America Remembers George Washington 1732-1799," Chrysler Museum of Art, Nov. 23, 1999 - Summer 2001.