An Old Dam Near Montrose

1891

James David Smillie

Associated Names
James David Smillie

Artist, American, 1833 - 1909

The image shows a landscape with a calm body of water, distant hills, a line of trees, and a small bridge. The perspective is low to the ground, with a monochromatic color palette of varying shades of gray and sepia. The brushstrokes are delicate and soft. Vegetation lines the water's edge, and the water surface reflects the sky above.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    aquatint in black on chine collé

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.8 x 11.9 cm (6 5/8 x 4 11/16 in)
    plate: 16.7 x 13 cm (6 9/16 x 5 1/8 in)
    sheet: 20.2 x 15 cm (7 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.193

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Witthoft 1992, no. 71, ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Andrew Stasik Fine Arts, Darien, CT); Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 3, 1997; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1992

  • Witthoft, Brucia. _The Fine-Arts Etchings of James David Smillie, 1833-1909: Catalogue Raisonné _. Wales, UK: Edwin Mellen Press,1992, p. 206, no. 71, ii/ii.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: J.D. Smillie; lower right in graphite: James D. Smillie / Feb. '92; center verso in graphite by unknown hand: Pratt Institute / after burnishing

Wikidata ID

Q76342793

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