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Photo Credit: photo: J. Giammatteo

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New York from Brooklyn Heights

1922
20th century
340 x 424 mm (13.4 x 16.7 in.)

Sidney Lawton Smith, American, (1848–after 1906)
Possibly after Archibald Robertson, American, (1765–1835)
Possibly after Archibald Robertson, British, (1748–1788)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Engraving printed in brown ink on laid paper

Print impression quality: Good

Edition: 101; published by the Society of Iconophiles, 1922; blind stamp of the society, lower right "Series XV, no. 7" inscribed

Marks: Inscribed below image: “Engraved in 1922 for the Society of Iconophiles by Sidney L. Smith from a Wash Drawing by Archibald Robertson”; inscribed in plate, lower center: “New York from Brooklyn Heights, 6th August 1778”; inscribed in other hand in pencil, upper right: “XV#7”

Marks: Watermark: ARCHES FRANCE

Provenance / Collectors' Marks: George W. Davison (initialed in pencil, lower right: “G.W.D.”)

Bibliography: R. H. Lawrence, History of the Society of Iconophiles (New York, 1930), pp. 198, 244ff., 263ff. (at 244, states the collection of prints left by the artist was bought by Lawrence in 1929).

Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1946

Accession Number: 1946.D2.16

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New York City*, Northeastern United States*

New York City - TGN 7007567 (“New York” preferred, “New York City” display; retained “City” for clarity)
Northeastern United States - TGN 4011496 (general region): The term typically refers to New England and the northern Atlantic seaboard, including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.

Dimensions

plate Dimensions: 340 x 424 mm (13.4 x 16.7 in.)

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Sidney Lawton Smith, American, (1848–after 1906) Archibald Robertson, American, (1765–1835) Archibald Robertson, British, (1748–1788) . New York from Brooklyn Heights, 1922. Engraving printed in brown ink on laid paper. plate : 340 x 424 mm (13.4 x 16.7 in.). Sheet : 429 x 491 mm (16.9 x 19.3 in.). DAC accession number 1946.D2.16. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1946. (photo: J. Giammatteo) .

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