Charles Adams Platt
A Corner of Portland
1881
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Charles Adams Platt
A Corner of Portland
1881
Physical Qualities
Etching and stipple with printed tone, Sheet: 472 × 370 mm. (18 9/16 × 14 9/16 in.)
Image: 259 × 209 mm. (10 3/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.100
James L. Claghorn, sold to T. Harrison Garrett 1885.
Frederick Keppel & Co., New York, 'Catalogue of an Exhibition of Etchings and Dry-points by C.A. Platt,' June 4-29, 1907, no. 26, 28. Grolier Club, New York, 'Exhibition of the Etched Work of Charles A. Platt,' Jan. 22-Feb. 28, 1925, no. 36. Schneider, Rona, The Grolier Club, New York, 'American Painter Etchings 1853-1908,' Feb. 21-Apr. 1, 1989, no. 99, ill. p. 39. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 'First Annual Exhibition of the Philadelphia Society of Etchers,' Dec. 27, 1882-Feb. 3, 1883, no. 292.
Beall, Karen F., American Prints in the Library of Congress: A Catalog of the Collection, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1970, p.401 no. 20. Illustrated Catalogue of Etchings by American Artists for Sale by Frederick Keppel & Co., New York: De Vinne Press, n.d., p. 101, ill. p. 19 (Signed artist's proofs on Japan paper $8).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: Signed in plate, BL: 'C.A. Platt 1882.'; in plate, BR: '36.'; signed LR margin (pencil): 'Charles A. Platt.' BR (pencil): 'Platt. Ch.' and (pencil, enclosed in diamond): '4884'. VERSO: LL (pencil): '32572'.
