Jefferson Street, Poughkeepsie No. 2

 

James David Smillie

  1833 - 1909 (biography)

1878 /printed 1911 

etching 

5 3/8 x 7 3/8 

unsigned (posthumous); monogrammed in the plate, lower right 

posthumous proof (regular edition not stated) 

pencil annotation: "Robt. J. Hulse imp. March 25th, 1911", lower left sheet edge; inscribed in the plate along lower edge: "Jefferson St. Po'k / Nov '78, No. 8" 

W9 (this impression illustrated p. 81) 

ivory tissue laid 

only known poshtumous proof 

 

BC073 

$425.00 

An image of a peaceful, heavily shaded dirt road running through farmland in Poughkeepsie in lower New York state, a rock wall and line of sycamores running alongside. In the center is featured a single horse-drawn cart. Jefferson is now a busy residential and business street.