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Robert Swain Gifford, American, 1840 - 1905
1885
Etching on wove paper
15
Plate: 5 5/8 × 3 9/16 in. (14.3 × 9.1 cm)
Sheet: 11 5/8 × 9 11/16 in. (29.5 × 24.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Robert A. and Dorothy H. Goldberg
PR.986.66.7
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Below small etched landscape, in plate: Mr. Gifford has the pleasure etc. etc/ Clams/ Loebefraumilch./ Caviare,/ Green Turtle./ Amontillado./ Salmon./ Cucumbers./ Sweetbread, broiled,/ Green Peas,/ Chateau Mouton/ Roast Lamb./ Potatoes/ Cluquot./ Asparagus./ Young Capon,/ Lettuce,/ Other Matters etc. etc./ Clay [illeg.]./ Liceative? Se. etc, etc,/ May 9th 1885; in graphite, lower right margin: 15
Course History
HIST 6, NAS 30, History of the American West, Ben Madley, Winter 2012
Provenance
Dorothy E. Huffman Goldberg (1917-1997) and Robert A. Goldberg (1918-1997), North Conway, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1986.
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