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Near the Coast [large plate]
Robert Swain Gifford (American, 1840–1905)
American
1886
Medium/Technique
Etching and drypoint, on India paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 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.)
Platemark: 21.9 × 30.9 cm (8 5/8 × 12 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK1221
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Wright 69
DescriptionThis image was published in the American Art Review in 1886.
Signed
Lower right, in graphite: R. Swain Gifford
Marks
Verso, in purple: collector's mark of Sylvester Koehler (Lugt 1580)
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
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
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.