About the Artwork
Middle Age
ca. 1855
James Smillie
1807-1885
American
Unknown
Etching printed in black ink on chine-collé
Image: 15 3/8 × 22 5/8 inches (39.1 × 57.5 cm) Plate: 19 7/8 × 25 5/8 inches (50.5 × 65.1 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Founders Society Purchase, Dexter M. Ferry Jr. Fund
46.139
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Markings
Inscribed, in plate, center lower edge of the chine: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by James Smillie in the Clerks Office of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Provenance
Daniel Huntington. 1946-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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James Smillie, Middle Age, ca. 1855, etching printed in black ink on chine-collé. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Dexter M. Ferry Jr. Fund, 46.139.
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