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Artist/Maker
Anna Lea Merritt
(American, 1844 - 1930)
Date1880
MediumEtching on chine-collé
DimensionsComposition: 8 1/4 × 5 3/4 in. (21 × 14.6 cm)
Plate: 9 × 7 in. (22.9 × 17.8 cm)
Sheet: 17 × 12 in. (43.2 × 30.5 cm)
Credit LinePurchased in part with funds donated by the Friends of Art
Object number1990.31
Not on view
DescriptionPortrait of English actress Ellen Terry in the role of Ophelia
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
1992
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection", June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 3).
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection", June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 3).
Provenance
1990: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by purchase.
Published References
Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Friends of Art newsletter, vol. 1, no. 4, April 1991, "Acquisitions"
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat. Clinton, NY, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, 1992, cat. no. 3).
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat. Clinton, NY, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, 1992, cat. no. 3).
Signature
Signed and dated in plate at lower left: Anna Lea Merritt pinxit et aqua forti 1880
Inscribed
Inscribed in pencil along bottom edge: Anna Lea Merritt (1844-1930) "Ophelia," Etching. Chinecollé. 1880. [AAR, Nov. 1880] See PA. bead + its women. cat PAFA; in pencil on verso at lower right corner: 177
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