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Offering

Collection: Queens Library New Deal Art Project Artwork
Date: 1935-1943; 1935 Material: ink on paper Dimension: 21 1/2 x 16 inches; 400
Creator: Francis Bernard Shields Identifier: aql:27493 wpa-ql-000129 wpa-ql-000129.tif

Description: Priest with a sacrifical goat. A flame rises from his upturned palm. A woman stands next to him, holding a stalk of tree leaves.; Hand written in pencil: on bottom center of image: “Offering” on bottom center: “10 x 22”; signed on bottom right: "Shields"; Stamped in ink on bottom left: "Federal Art Project N.Y.C. W.P.A."

Title : Offering

Collection : aql:26142; aql:29049

Creator : Francis Bernard Shields

Date : 1935-1943; 1935

Summary/Description : Priest with a sacrifical goat. A flame rises from his upturned palm. A woman stands next to him, holding a stalk of tree leaves.; Hand written in pencil: on bottom center of image: “Offering” on bottom center: “10 x 22”; signed on bottom right: "Shields"; Stamped in ink on bottom left: "Federal Art Project N.Y.C. W.P.A."

Subject : Goats; Priests; Women

Rights : Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration Federal Art Project NYC WPA. On extended loan to Queens Library. Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Type : Lithograph

Format : ink on paper; 21 1/2 x 16 inches; 400

Identifier : aql:27493 wpa-ql-000129 wpa-ql-000129.tif

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Rights Notice
Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration Federal Art Project NYC WPA. On extended loan to Queens Library. Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.


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