Marine
Medium
Etching in black on cream laid Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image: 17 × 34.1 cm (6 3/4 × 13 7/16 in.); Plate: 17.8 × 34.7 cm (7 1/16 × 13 11/16 in.); Sheet: 30.3 × 45.5 cm (11 15/16 × 17 15/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
16273
Art Historical Context
**Marine** by Charles Adams Platt, created in 1884, captures the essence of a serene seascape through the delicate art of etching. This black-ink impression on luxurious cream laid Japanese paper measures about 17 × 34 cm for the image alone, showcasing Platt's skill in rendering expansive waters and horizons with precise, fluid lines. At just 23 years old, Platt—a New York-born artist who would later gain fame as an architect and landscape designer—was honing his craft during the American etching revival, a movement inspired by European masters like James McNeill Whistler. Etching, an intagl...