A Bit on Marblehead Neck

1883

James David Smillie

Artist, American, 1833 - 1909

Cassell & Co.

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.7 × 30 cm (5 × 11 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 34.77 × 45.4 cm (13 11/16 × 17 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.1395

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Witthoft 1992, no. 28, i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1883

  • Koehler, Sylvester R., ed. Original Etchings by American Artists. New York: Cassell & Co., 1883.

1992

  • Witthoft, Brucia. _The Fine-Arts Etchings of James David Smillie, 1833-1909: Catalogue Raisonné _. Wales, UK: Edwin Mellen Press,1992, p. 120, no. 28, i/ii.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: No. 25. J.D. Smillie N.Y. '83; lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: Jas. D. Smillie - At Marblehead Neck

Wikidata ID

Q77012643

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