Design for a Bell Push with a Fish Motif

Edgar Gilstrap Simpson

1899 · Graphite and gouache · Drawings and Prints

Design for a bell push, characterized by a slender fish, encircling the central button, his tail curls inward. The decorative motif is placed on a square plate.

Artist

Edgar Gilstrap Simpson

Date

1899

Medium

Graphite and gouache

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959