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Hollyhocks
James David Smillie (American, 1833–1909)
American
1889
Medium/Technique
Mezzotint on chine collé
Dimensions
Sheet: 23.3 × 21.8 cm (9 3/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK2056
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Witthoft 53
Marks
Verso, in purple, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower left, in plate: JSmillie / July '89.
Lower left, in graphite: James D. Smillie. / June. '89.
Lower left, in graphite, in the hand of James Smillie: my first experiment with mezzotint. / To my friend S. R. Koehler
Lower left, in graphite: James D. Smillie. / June. '89.
Lower left, in graphite, in the hand of James Smillie: my first experiment with mezzotint. / To my friend S. R. Koehler
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.
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.