The Inner Harbor- Gloucester, by Stephen Parrish, Amer., (1846-1938) Color on cream laid Holland paper

on cream laid Holland paper

The title in the plate is a variation: Segovia from the Porta de Madrid

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but the absence of a fully legible signature or any other information on this image and it's companion piece have delayed a more definitive identification

The Inner Harbor- Gloucester, by Stephen Parrish, Amer., (1846-1938) Color on cream laid Holland paperEtching, 1883, S. 79, only state, 9 1 2 x 13 3 8, signed & dated in the plate lower left, the margins trimmed but adequate, larger than shown here, (my standard website catalogue photographs document a print with margins as they appear once matted; I'm always happy to provide a photo of the entire sheet) on thick cream laid paper. A stunning view of Gloucester's harbor in the late 19th century; the plate tone on this impression dramatically wiped to