Asher B. Durand
1865
Artist, American, 1805 - 1880
Publisher, American, 1822 - 1904

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving in black with chine collé on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 22.07 × 18.1 cm (8 11/16 × 7 1/8 in.)
plate: 35.08 × 26.35 cm (13 13/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
sheet: 52.07 × 39.69 cm (20 1/2 × 15 5/8 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.2408
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Samuel P. Avery, Jr., New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1877; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: C.L. Elliott; lower right in graphite by unknown hand: A.B. Durand; lower right in graphite: Presented by S.P. Avery
Text at bottom on plate:
Painted by C.L. Elliott. / Entered according to act of Congress A.D. 1865 by Sam P. Avery in the clerks office of the district court of the southern district of N.Y. / Engraved by F. Halpin. / Published by Sam P. Avery 294 Broadway, New York, 1865.
Wikidata ID
Q77013671