Charles Adams Platt
Fishing Boats
1881
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Charles Adams Platt
Fishing Boats
1881
Physical Qualities
Etching with printed tone, Sheet: 154 x 292 mm. (6 1/16 x 11 1/2 in.)
Image: 98 x 245 mm. (3 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.70
James L. Claghorn, sold to T. Harrison Garrett, 1885.
National Academy of Design, New York, 'New York Etching Club Exhibition,' 1882, no. 217.
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 'First Annual Exhibition of the Philadelphia Society of Etchers,' Dec. 27, 1882-Feb. 3, 1883, no. 286.
Frederick Keppel & Co., New York, 'Catalogue of an Exhibition of Etchings and Dry-points by C.A. Platt,' June 4-29, 1907, no. 13.
The Grolier Club, New York, 'Exhibition of the Etched Work of Charles A. Platt,' Jan. 22-Feb. 28, 1925, no. 23.
BMA, "Etchings in America, 1875-1940: Selections from the Museum Collection," 5 November 1985 - 2 March 1986.
Morgan, Keith N., Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 'Shaping an American Landscape: The Art and Architecture of Charles A. Platt,' Mar. 25-May 28, 1995, no. 3, ill. fig. 2.2; circulated to The Octagon, Washington, DC, & the William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT.
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 'First Annual Exhibition of the Philadelphia Society of Etchers,' Dec. 27, 1882-Feb. 3, 1883, no. 286.
Frederick Keppel & Co., New York, 'Catalogue of an Exhibition of Etchings and Dry-points by C.A. Platt,' June 4-29, 1907, no. 13.
The Grolier Club, New York, 'Exhibition of the Etched Work of Charles A. Platt,' Jan. 22-Feb. 28, 1925, no. 23.
BMA, "Etchings in America, 1875-1940: Selections from the Museum Collection," 5 November 1985 - 2 March 1986.
Morgan, Keith N., Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 'Shaping an American Landscape: The Art and Architecture of Charles A. Platt,' Mar. 25-May 28, 1995, no. 3, ill. fig. 2.2; circulated to The Octagon, Washington, DC, & the William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT.
Beall, Karen F., American Prints in the Library of Congress: A Catalog of the Collection, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1970, p. 402, no. 31.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: In plate, TL Corner: 'Fishing Boats.'; in plate, BL Corner: 'C.A. Platt'; in plate, BR: '23'; in plate, BR Corner: '1881'; LR margin (signed in pencil): 'Chas. A. Platt.'; BL Corner (pencil): '40291'; BR Corner (pencil, in diamond): '4883'.
