Feeling the Sword, Sword Swallower, Saratoga, NY, from the series "You Can Still Get Your Kicks on Route 6, Boston Globe"

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Feeling the Sword, Sword Swallower, Saratoga, NY, from the series "You Can Still Get Your Kicks on Route 6, Boston Globe"
Feeling the Sword, Sword Swallower, Saratoga, NY, from the series "You Can Still Get Your Kicks on Route 6, Boston Globe"
Artist/Maker (American, born 1947)
Date1985
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/4 × 12 1/4 in. (21 × 31.1 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2019.18.22
Not on view
DescriptionVintage print.
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Provenance 2019: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings None noted.
Signature Signed on verso in pencil.
Inscribed Verso, lower center (pencil): [sideways] "839-18"
Verso, lower left (pencil): [sideways] "3 of 3"
Verso, left center edge (pencil): [sideways] "8/85"
Verso, lower left (pencil): "4000"
Verso, lower left (pencil): "HH-0834"
Playgirl, Lincoln Park, Route 6, Westport, MA, from the series "You Can Still Get Your Kicks on Route 6, Boston Globe"
Playgirl, Lincoln Park, Route 6, Westport, MA, from the series "You Can Still Get Your Kicks on Route 6, Boston Globe"
Henry Horenstein
Date: 1985
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.33
Counter, Al-mac's Diner, Route 6, Fall River, MA, from the series "You Can Still Get Your Kicks on Route 6, Boston Globe"
Counter, Al-mac's Diner, Route 6, Fall River, MA, from the series "You Can Still Get Your Kicks on Route 6, Boston Globe"
Henry Horenstein
Date: 1985 (printed c. 1985)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.61
Jockeys in Paddock, Saratoga Springs, NY, from the series "Racing Days"
Jockeys in Paddock, Saratoga Springs, NY, from the series "Racing Days"
Henry Horenstein
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.27
Christine, Boston, MA, from the series "Close Relations"
Christine, Boston, MA, from the series "Close Relations"
Henry Horenstein
Date: 1972 (printed later)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.16
Tex Ritter, Hillbilly Ranch, Boston, MA, from the series "Honky Tonk"
Tex Ritter, Hillbilly Ranch, Boston, MA, from the series "Honky Tonk"
Henry Horenstein
Date: 1973 (printed later)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.40
Porter Wagoner, Symphony Hall, Boston, MA, from the series "Honky Tonk"
Porter Wagoner, Symphony Hall, Boston, MA, from the series "Honky Tonk"
Henry Horenstein
Date: 1972 (printed later)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.67
Untitled, Boston, MA, from the series "Animalia: Canine"
Untitled, Boston, MA, from the series "Animalia: Canine"
Henry Horenstein
Date: 2000
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.71
Heaven Sent, New York Burlesque Festival, New York, NY, from the series "Show"
Heaven Sent, New York Burlesque Festival, New York, NY, from the series "Show"
Henry Horenstein
Date: 2005
Medium: Archival pigment print
Object number: 2018.12.62
Natasha, Head Back, Cutting Room, New York, NY, from the series "Show"
Natasha, Head Back, Cutting Room, New York, NY, from the series "Show"
Henry Horenstein
Date: 2005
Medium: Archival pigment print
Object number: 2019.18.31
Miss Rita Renoir thinks that striptease gets its effect on the viewer, as it is done with mind and feeling, more than with the body. To demonstrate this theory, Rita Renoir performed for us a "striptease of the face", from the series "Strip-Tease".
Miss Rita Renoir thinks that striptease gets its effect on the viewer, as it is done with mind and feeling, more than with the body. To demonstrate this theory, Rita Renoir performed for us a "striptease of the face", from the series "Strip-Tease".
Frank Horvat
Date: 1955-1959
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.229
Drawing His Sword for the Political Roman Church, from "Harper's Weekly"
Drawing His Sword for the Political Roman Church, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 23, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.269
Photo by John Bentham.
Kris (sword)
Unknown artist, Moro
Date: 1870-1915
Medium: Iron, brass, wood, rawhide, woven grass
Object number: 2023.10.33a-b