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Old Boat-House

1881

Charles A. Platt

Associated Names

Charles A. Platt

Artist, American, 1861 - 1933

American Art Review

Publisher

The image shows a busy dockside scene viewed from a waterfront perspective. The horizon is low with distant land visible across the water. The dock area to the right is filled with wooden structures on piles, including buildings with signs like "SPARS" and "BOATS TO LET." Tall masts from docked vessels rise vertically. The style appears to be an etching with fine, intricate lines. The color palette is muted and monochromatic with sepia tones. Rocks and small ripples are visible on the calm water, with people in small boats further out. The background blends into the pale sky.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching in black on laid paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. S.R. Koehler, Boston, Massachusetts)
Dimensions

image: 14.29 × 24.45 cm (5 5/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
plate: 15.24 × 25.4 cm (6 × 10 in.)
sheet: 23.5 × 32.39 cm (9 1/4 × 12 3/4 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.2465
Catalogue Raisonné

Rice 1889, no. 12

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sylvester Rosa Koehler, Boston, Massachusetts; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1881; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1881

Koehler, S.R., ed. The American Art Review 2, no. 10 (August 1881): p. 150.

1889

Rice, Richard A. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Works of Charles A. Platt. New York: The De Vinne Press, 1889, p. 11, no. 12.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: C A Platt '81

Wikidata ID

Q77008689

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