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Old Cedars, Coast of Maine by James David Smillie

Old Cedars, Coast of Maine by James David Smillie

Old Cedars, Coast of Maine

James David Smillie

Title

Old Cedars, Coast of Maine

 
Artist

James David Smillie

  1833 - 1909 (biography)
Year
1880  
Technique
etching 
Image Size
5 x 6 7/8" platemark 
Signature
unsigned proof 
Edition Size
proof from unstated edition 
Annotations
"4.F." in image, pencil, lower left corner; "Museum", pencil, in lower right margin 
Reference
W17 illus. p. 99; JDS17 
Paper
fine antique laid paper 
State
proof 
Publisher
American Art Review, Vol. 1, No. 12, facing p. 509 
Inventory ID
BC075 
Price
SOLD
Description
So popular was James D. Smillie's "Old Cedars, Coast of Maine" that noted German etcher H.F.E. von Schnennis copied it and attempted to pass it off as his own. However, correspondance and other documents recording the process of "Old Cedars..." proved to the public that not only was it Smillie's design, but that its execution was also superior. The two prints were shown side by side at the New York Etching Club exhibition of 1885. (Withoff, p. 98)