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Basque Cart - frontispiece, "In the Shadow of the Pyrenees" by James David Smillie
Basque Cart - frontispiece, "In the Shadow of the Pyrenees"
James David Smillie
Title
Basque Cart - frontispiece, "In the Shadow of the Pyrenees"
Artist
James David Smillie
1833 - 1909 (biography)Year
1883
Technique
etching
Image Size
3 3/16 x 5 1/4" platemark
Signature
pencil signed, lower right
Edition Size
proof
Annotations
pencil dated: "March 1883" below signature; in lower right corner: "Plain print"l incised in the plate at lower edge: "J D Smillie / N.Y. 1883 / No. 21"
Reference
NYPL 21; JDS24; Witthoff 24 (illu. p. 113)
Paper
heavy cream laid
State
Publisher
Marvin R. Vincent, New York, to illustrated "In the Shadow of the Pyrenees"
Inventory ID
BC016
Price
$425.00
Description
"Basque Cart" was commissioned by Martin R. Vincent for his book, In the Shadow of the Pyrenees" (New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883) to be used as the frontispiece. An alternate title is "Basque Ox Cart".