Etching Print by Diane Thorne Miss America 1927 (Of Dogdom) Appears to be an original etching with aquatint, print appears to be titled and signed in pencil below print. Dog portrait, Some minor surface wear. unframed. Measures approx 9 in by 10 in. Fine art, etching, vintage etching, dog portrait, animal artwork. 4 Thorne took her first formal art studies at the Imperial Academy in Munich and Charlottenburg Technical College in Berlin. The First World War began two years later and Thorne and her family were subsequently detained by the German government. They managed to escape to England, where Thorne was said to have supported herself as a reporter, librarian, writer, bicycle shop owner, and typewriter repair person. At this time she began her first experiments in both illustration and etching and was said to have studied with artist William Strang. Her first published etching, titled "Rollin' Home", was well received in 1926. Thorne began commercial artwork in New York City in