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Old Windmills in Virginia
James David Smillie (American, 1833–1909)
American
1890
Medium/Technique
Soft-ground etching on chine
Dimensions
Sheet: 40.3 × 28 cm (15 7/8 × 11 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK2057
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Witthoft 62
Marks
Recto, at lower right, in purple, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower right, in graphite: James D. Smillie / 1890.
Lower left, in graphite (in the hand of Sylvester Koehler: "Old Windmills in Virginia"
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. (Acquisition Date: October 20, 1898)
NOTE:
Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of 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. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.