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Landscape

Landscape

James David Smillie (American, 1833–1909)
1890
Medium/TechniqueAquatint
DimensionsSheet: 23.7 × 18.2 cm (9 5/16 × 7 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession numberK2059
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsLower right, in plate: [monogram] JS / 90 Lower left, in graphite, in the hand of James Smillie: to my friend S. R. Koehler / James D. Smillie Lower right, in graphite, in the hand of James Smillie (?): Experiment in aquatint / granulation. / June, '90 Verso, in ink: S. R. KoehlerProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA.

NOTE: Koehler was the first print curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. The gift of Mr. Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.