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Artists›Stephen Parrish

Stephen Parrish

1846

WA-00113668

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/saam_1973.18.3
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Stephen Parrish was an American painter and etcher who became one of the 19th century's most celebrated printmakers during the "American Etching Revival." Privately trained by painter and animal etcher Peter Moran, Parrish was best known for his landscape etching of "Eastern North America, particularly the harbors and villages of New England and Canada," and as the father of painter and illustrator Maxfield Parrish.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (9)

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Sketch near Pittsfield, Mass.

1887 · etching

Sheet: 21.5 x 30.5 cm (8 7/16 x 12 in.); Platemark: 10.5 x 17.1 cm (4 1/8 x 6 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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A Gale at Fécamp (Normandie)

1886 · etching

Sheet: 45.2 x 58.1 cm (17 13/16 x 22 7/8 in.); Platemark: 34.8 x 40.2 cm (13 11/16 x 15 13/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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On the Thames (Canterbury, Eng., Aug. 1884.)

1884 · etching

Sheet: 26.5 x 36.7 cm (10 7/16 x 14 7/16 in.); Platemark: 14.1 x 20 cm (5 9/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Mills at Mispek, N.B.

1884 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Inner Harbor- Gloucester

1883 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Inner Harbor, Gloucester

1883 · Etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

Image: 24.3 × 33.8 cm (9 5/8 × 13 5/16 in.); Plate: 24.7 × 34.6 cm (9 3/4 × 13 5/8 in.); Sheet: 33.9 × 44.7 cm (13 3/8 × 17 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Point Breeze Oil Wharves

1880 · etching

Sheet: 24 x 33.3 cm (9 7/16 x 13 1/8 in.); Platemark: 13.5 x 23.3 cm (5 5/16 x 9 3/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

On the Schroon — Evening

1880 · Etching on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 22.4 × 39 cm (8 7/8 × 15 3/8 in.); Sheet: 37 × 50.6 cm (14 5/8 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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November

1880 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

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9 published of 9 catalogued · 2 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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Art Institute Chicago
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7 entries · 1 sources

On the Thames (Canterbury, Eng., Aug. 1884.)
1884 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Sketch near Pittsfield, Mass.
1887 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Inner Harbor- Gloucester
1883 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Mills at Mispek, N.B.
1884 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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A Gale at Fécamp (Normandie)
1886 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Point Breeze Oil Wharves
1880 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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November
1880 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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