A large crocodile crouches near a fence while men fire guns and sparks appear.
Recto
Verso

Edward Hopper

Recto

(Alligator, explosion, gun, train)

Verso

(Rime of the Ancient Mariner)

c. 1897–1900

Not on view

3,151 works in the collection
68 exhibitions
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Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 4 7/16 × 5 11/16 in. (11.3 × 14.4 cm)

Accession number
70.1566.113a-b

Credit line
Josephine N. Hopper Bequest

Rights and reproductions
© Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/9840

Part of a series:
(159 drawings)
149 works

Seated woman in profile wearing a long skirt and patterned blouse, hands clasped in her lap.
A charcoal sketch of a standing nude man with arms slightly out and relaxed.
Sketchbook page showing a seated nude woman's back and a curled-up sleeping cat.
A standing baseball player grips a bat with legs apart, poised to swing.
A man in a historical coat and hat stands with one arm raised, looking to the side.
Young person in profile wearing a dark wide-brimmed hat and white collared shirt.
A seated man wearing a cap and coat examines a bottle on a small table.
An elderly woman sits in profile wearing a white bonnet and a red shawl.
A seated woman in a striped dress and headscarf sits in profile on a small stool.
A pen drawing of sheep shears and three quick ink sketches of faces.

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