Object Details
graphic artist
Parrish, Stephen
Description
Stephen Parrish etched November in February 1880, not long after his first lesson in the art from painter-etcher Peter Moran in November 1879. It was the first print that Parrish sold. Sylvester R. Koehler selected the etching for publication in the American Art Review, where it appeared in the November 1880 issue. (It reappeared in several subsequent publications.) Parrish was prepared to take great pains over many months to rework the print to satisfy Kohler. Parrish felt “my bow to the public through the medium of the Review is, to me, a very important matter.”
The print shows a farm in winter in the Adirondack region of upstate New York. The area was extremely popular with American landscape artists who focused on its scenic beauty. Parrish, however, chose a bleak view of a local farm for his subject.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1880
1880-02
ID Number
GA.14892
catalog number
14892
accession number
94830
Object Name
print
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements
image: 14 cm x 26.5 cm; 5 1/2 in x 10 7/16 in
plate: 15 cm x 27.5 cm; 5 7/8 in x 10 13/16 in
sheet: 23.5 cm x 31.5 cm; 9 1/4 in x 12 3/8 in
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Farming
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1002421