Paul Ashbrook Original 1950 Ink Illustration
Item Details
An original 1950 ink illustration on paperboard by listed artist Paul Ashbrook (American, 1867 – 1949). The drawing depicts a line of figures dressed in various military attire and holding weapons unique to their period and location. The illustration is presented without matting or framing and is currently housed in an acetate sleeve for safekeeping. It is unsigned, and is stamped ‘R.W. Ashbrook Foundation’ to the verso of the illustration’s paperboard; R.W. Ashbrook is the artist’s son. It is also noted ‘Bulletin April 1950 in graphite’ to its verso. Ashbrook was born in New York in 1867, his given name being Paul Von Eschenbach. He studied at the Art Students League, under the tutelage of William Merritt Chase, then later at the Cincinnati Art Academy with Frank Duveneck. Early in the 1920s, he worked for the Stonebridge Lithographic Company designing posters for the Barnum and Bailey Circus before traveling in Europe and Mexico, in the later 1920s.
Condition
- light yellowing across. A few small marks and scuffs to margins.
Dimensions
Item #
17CIN462-341
