Weighing fish" / M. Lois Murphy." – Antique Print
![Weighing fish" / M. Lois Murphy.", [1936 or 1937] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ad/ad5ba35dc8af-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Weighing fish" / M. Lois Murphy." comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Weighing fish" / M. Lois Murphy."
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*Weighing fish*, a wood engraving signed and titled in pencil by M. Lois Murphy, takes the fish market as its subject, with the record listing fishmongers and markets among its themes. The print is usually dated to 1936 or 1937, when many American printmakers turned to wood engraving and social realism to record ordinary working life during the Depression. Its fine black-and-white lines give the scene a sense of texture and weight. The print was later shown in the Library of Congress exhibition *Life of the People*, which drew on the Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Collection.
| Created / published | [1936 or 1937] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving ; 17.8 x 22.8 cm. (image), 22 x 28.3 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | Wood engravings 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Signed and titled in pencil. Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Foundation Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited in: Life of the people: Realist prints and drawings from the Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Collection, 1912-1948, Library of Congress, 1999. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1995:010.1342 (box 58, B size) |
| Subjects | Fish--1930-1940. Markets--1930-1940. Fish mongers--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,687 × 3,821 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220142 |
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