Page from 1922 checklist, shows the Society's adherence to placing no emphasis on the placement of items in the exhibition: "The exhibition is hung in alphabetical order, beginning at the entrance with the letter X which was drawn by lot."
Cover for checklist of the first annual exhibition put on by the Brooklyn Society of Etchers, which included works by American artists of growing fame--like Mary Cassatt and Childe Hassam--alongside items from established European greats, such as…