Brooklyn Bridge

1888

Charles A. Platt

Artist, American, 1861 - 1933

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 19.69 × 29.21 cm (7 3/4 × 11 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 30.16 × 37.78 cm (11 7/8 × 14 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.1357

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rice 1889, no. 98, 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

1889

  • Rice, Richard A. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Works of Charles A. Platt. New York: The De Vinne Press, 1889, p. 50, no. 98.

Inscriptions

upper right in plate: Copyright 1888. by Frederick A. Stokes & Brother.; lower right in plate: CA. Platt. 1888.; lower right in graphite: C A Platt; lower left in graphite by unknown hand: 92061; lower center in grpahite by unknown hand: R. 98 1st state Brooklyn Bridge; lower right in graphite by unknown hand: 48; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: OS An-20-; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: HY

Markings

stamped lower center verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q77013769

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