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Old Windmills in Virginia

Old Windmills in Virginia

(American, 1833–1909)
1890
Medium/TechniqueSoft-ground etching on chine
DimensionsSheet: 40.3 × 28 cm (15 7/8 × 11 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession numberK2057
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsLower right, in graphite: James D. Smillie / 1890. Lower left, in graphite (in the hand of Sylvester Koehler: "Old Windmills in Virginia"
ProvenanceBy 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.