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An Old Dam Near Montrose by James David Smillie
An Old Dam Near Montrose
James David Smillie
Title
An Old Dam Near Montrose
Artist
James David Smillie
1833 - 1909 (biography)Year
1891
Technique
aquatint
Image Size
6 5/8 x 4 11/16" image; 7 x 5-1/8" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
proof
Annotations
pencil inscribed "No. 19-" in lower left; incised in the plate in the lower left: "J D Smillie"
Reference
Witthoft 71
Paper
antique-white Imperial China
State
II/II
Publisher
commissioned by the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Inventory ID
22085
Price
$500.00
Description
The Brucia Witthoft catalog raisonné remarks about this aquatint:
"This was another didactic example commissioned by the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y. Smillie began the etching on Oct. 17 after an oil sketch of Set. 11 - Oct. 14 (unlocated), made on the Binghampton Road near Montrose. A pencil sketch of the same subject, also unlocated, was made two days before the painting.
Smillie burnished the plate on Jan. 27, 1892, and brought a proof to the Etching Club exhibit the next day."