1931 Tipped-In Print Frank W. Benson Art Old Tom Portrait Duck Hunting Rifle Gun XGPC4 showing the great cyclonic storm

showing the great cyclonic storm that prevailed on the day of the Chicago and Peshtigo Fires

This is an original 1949 black and white print ad for Broadway Fashions

The image of a medieval organ in the commentary is from a painting by Lucas van Leyden

or Gunpowder Tower of Frederikshavn

1931 Tipped-In Print Frank W. Benson Art Old Tom Portrait Duck Hunting Rifle Gun XGPC4 showing the great cyclonic stormThis is an original 1931 tipped in halftone print of an etching titled "Old Tom." A native of Salem, Massachusetts, Frank W. Benson studied art at Boston's Museum School, where he served as editor for the school's publication. In 1883, Benson studied at the Academie Julian in Paris. Upon, his return to the states, Benson opened his own art studio on Chestnut Street in Salem, where he began painting portraits of friends and family. Sometime later,