Dordrecht from the Mass, Charles Adams Platt

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Charles Adams Platt, Dordrecht from the Mass
Charles Adams Platt, Dordrecht from the Mass
Charles Adams Platt
Dordrecht from the Mass
circa 1882–1889
Charles Adams Platt
1861–1933
Dordrecht from the Mass, circa 1882–1889
Where object was made: Netherlands
Material/technique: etching; satin
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 121 x 170 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 180 x 241 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 4 3/4 x 6 11/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 7 1/16 x 9 1/2 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in
Credit line: Source unknown
Accession number: 0000.0495
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Exhibition Label: "American Etchers Abroad, 1880-1939," Apr-2004, Reed Anderson Like others of his generation, Platt was drawn to visit the Netherlands, the quiet harbors he encountered in places like Dordrecht satisfying his love for views of slumbering ports. In Dordrecht Platt made several etchings, most of them depicting some aspect of the city’s architecture as seen from the water. “Dordrecht from the Maas” is one of Platt’s best known prints from this journey and, like Robert Swain Gifford’s Scheveningen, is printed on satin, The shimmering effects of the support compliment the scene. In Dordrecht Platt further simplified his compositions; the merchants’ houses and Grote Kerk (Great Church) seen here have been reduced to their most salient elements. Platt’s dream-like images of this once vital port city have much in common with the etchings of Venice Whistler created just a few years earlier.