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A Bit of Brook with Some Sheep

A Bit of Brook with Some Sheep

(American, 1833–1909)
1890
Medium/TechniqueEtching on chine
DimensionsSheet: 40.3 × 27.9 cm (15 7/8 × 11 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession numberK2023
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsLower left, in plate: JSmillie / Sep. 90. Lower right, in graphite: James D. Smillie Lower margin, in graphite: "A bit of brook with some sheep."
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.