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A Bit on Marblehead Neck

1883

James David Smillie

(American, 1833–1909)
Culture
America
Medium
etching
Measurements
Sheet: 31.1 x 46.4 cm (12 1/4 x 18 1/4 in.); Image: 13 x 30.8 cm (5 1/8 x 12 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Walworth 1968.180
Catalogue raisonné
Witthaft 28
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
A horizontally oriented etching depicts a gray-cast coastal landscape. On the right, a craggy rock formation with deep hatched shadows looms over a grassy slope where three sheep gather: one standing and another reclining. To the left, spindly trees and a bare trunk lead toward a distant, pale sea. Fine, dense lines create a heavily clouded sky and textured shadows. A signature is delicately placed below the image on the right.

A Bit on Marblehead Neck

1883

James David Smillie

(American, 1833–1909)
America

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