Ruth Draper

M. R. Hubbert Smith

February 1931

  • Titles Ruth Draper (Descriptive)
  • Artist M. R. Hubbert Smith, American, 1885 - 1957
  • Medium linocut
  • Dimensions sheet: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Patrick Cather, Shoal Creek, Alabama, AFI.122.2016
  • Work Type print
  • Classification Prints

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