Landscape with Sheep

James David Smillie (American, 1833–1909)

1879

Medium/TechniqueEngraving

DimensionsSheet: 30.6 × 23.5 cm (12 1/16 × 9 1/4 in.)
Platemark: 24.5 × 19.3 cm (9 5/8 × 7 5/8 in.)

Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Accession numberP12715

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsPrints

Collections

InscriptionsLower left, in plate: JSmillie. N.Y. No. 12. Lower left, in plate: C. E. Jacque, Pinx. Lower right, in plate: ch. Jacque Lower right, in plate: Jas. D. Smillie, Sc. Lower center, in plate: Landscape with Sheep. From the Original in the collection of August Belmont, Esq. / New York.

ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; cf. Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)

NOTE: Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after his death.