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A Bit of Brook with Some Sheep
James David Smillie (American, 1833–1909)
American
1890
Medium/Technique
Etching on chine
Dimensions
Sheet: 40.3 × 27.9 cm (15 7/8 × 11 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK2023
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Witthoft 63
Marks
Recto and verso, in purple, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
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."
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. (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.