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Artist/Maker
Childe Hassam
(American, 1859 - 1935)
DateAugust 26, 1915
MediumEtching and drypoint
DimensionsComposition: 8 1/2 in. × 6 in. (21.6 × 15.2 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 7 3/8 in. (28.6 × 18.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Doris E. Austin
Object number2002.8.1
Not on view
Description“Done from nature in Miss Dorothy Whitcomb’s car... The facade of the masterpiece by Charles Bullfinch… This is one of the three buildings by Bullfinch in this beautiful old American Town.” (SOURCE: Cortissoz)
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Additional Details
Provenance
2002: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Doris E. Austin.
Markings
No markings noted.
Signature
Signed with monogram "CH" in plate at lower left; monogrammed "CH [encircled] imp." at lower right in pencil.
Inscribed
"Portsmouth / CH / 1915 / Aug 26th / [illegible]" in plate at lower left; "6 1/2 x 9 Beige Milk 12 1/2 x 15 FR.42307" at lower center right in pencil; "B6194" on verso at lower right corner in pencil.
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