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Ophelia

Anna Massey Lea Merritt (American, 1844–1930)
1880

Medium/Technique Etching, trial proof
Dimensions Platemark: 22.8 x 17.3 cm (9 x 6 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 30.3 x 24.5 cm (11 15/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK1617
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

State Trial proof
Signed Etched in lower margin: Anna Lea Merrit pinxit et aqua forti 1880
InscriptionsIn pencil lower left: The hand needs improvement (Merrit's writing); lower right; 1st trial impression / sent me. K. (Koehler's hand). On verso in pencil: S. R. Koehler (his hand)
ProvenanceGift of the artist to Sylvester Rosa Koehler; his gift to MFA