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Fishing for Souls; verso: A Bird and Two Triangles

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Department of Drawings Kaye Dowland (L. 691 with her mark). Mrs. Herbert N. Straus gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1938. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Mrs. Herbert N. Straus
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Title: Fishing for Souls; verso: A Bird and Two Triangles
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