"Bison on the Trail #2" by Will Simmons, Amer., (1884-1949) Mezzotint A Beardsleyesque design

A Beardsleyesque design

Sometimes the adhesive used to glue the chine colle to the heavier support sheet has stained the image

9-1/16 x 11-7/8

signed in the plate and in pencil

a few spots of foxing in the image

"Bison on the Trail #2" by Will Simmons, Amer., (1884-1949) Mezzotint A Beardsleyesque designEtching, 1921, 6 1 8 x 3 7 8, signed and dated in the plate, on cream wove paper, another version of this composition with a second bison to the left was published in he Print Connoisseur, Vol. II, No. II, Dec. 1921. This version focuses attention on the lead bison contemplating the remains of a not so fortunate predecessor; a reminder of dangers encountered on the trail.