Near the Coast [large plate]

Robert Swain Gifford (American, 1840–1905)

1886

Medium/TechniqueEtching and drypoint, on India paper

DimensionsSheet: 26.3 × 38.8 cm (10 3/8 × 15 1/4 in.)
Platemark: 21.9 × 30.9 cm (8 5/8 × 12 3/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler

Accession numberK1221

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InscriptionsLower right, in plate: R. Swain Gifford Lower right, in graphite, probably in the hand of the artist: R. Swain Gifford / June 2nd / 1886. / First impression of plate, since / this was taken the burr has been taken off / some of the lines in the sky, the dark part / of stem of tree made darker. the distance / made darker and on the left made / darker on under side. [illeg.] in middle / distance should be kept dark in printing but _not_ so dark / as the distant tree behind the principal tree