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Untitled [sketches of bird, figure, and oars, for Stevenson's 'Treasure Island']


Untitled [sketches of bird, figure, and oars, for Stevenson's 'Treasure Island']

ca. 1963
20th century
245 x 151 mm

Lynd Ward,  American, (1905–1985)

Object Type: Drawing
Medium and Support: Crayon on paper
Credit Line: Gift of Robin Ward Savage and Nanda Weedon Ward
Accession Number: 1981.1.475
Current Location: Lauinger Library : 5 - Fifth floor : BFCSC : Stacks

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  • bird (animal)
  • coins (money) - Pieces of metal stamped by government authority for use as money.
  • figure (representation)
  • oars - Long slender shafts, usually wood, shaped to a round handle or grip at one end and flat-tipped blade at the other; for rowing. For similar but shorter devices with round-tipped blades for propelling small boats, use "paddles (watercraft equipment)."
  • sketch
  • water - A liquid made up of molecules of hydrogen and oxygen (HO2). When pure, it is colorless, tasteless, and odorless. It exists in gaseous, liquid, and solid forms; it is liquid at room temperature. It is the liquid of which seas, lakes, and rivers are composed, and which falls as rain. Water is one of the most plentiful and essential of compounds. It is vital to life, participating in virtually every process that occurs in plants and animals. One of its most important properties is its ability to dissolve many other substances. The versatility of water as a solvent is essential to living organisms. The term "water" is typically used to refer to the liquid form of this compound; for the solid or gaseous forms, use "ice" or "water vapor."

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