Up the Hill
1879
Artist, American, 1833 - 1909
Publisher

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching in black on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 20.16 × 12.54 cm (7 15/16 × 4 15/16 in.)
plate: 21.91 × 13.18 cm (8 5/8 × 5 3/16 in.)
sheet: 30.32 × 22.54 cm (11 15/16 × 8 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.1529
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Catalogue Raisonné
Witthoft 1992, no. 12
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
1886
Koehler, S.R. American Etchings: A Collection of Twenty Original Etchings, by Moran, Parrish, Ferris, Smillie, and others. Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1886, p. 29.
1992
Witthoft, Brucia. _The Fine-Arts Etchings of James David Smillie, 1833-1909: Catalogue Raisonné _. Wales, UK: Edwin Mellen Press,1992, p. 86, no. 12.
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: J.D. Smillie; lower right in plate: No. 10. 1879; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: "Up the Hill"; upper center verso in graphite by unknown hand: "Up the Hill" / Original etching by Jas. D. Smillie
Markings
stamped center verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]
Wikidata ID
Q77012645