January in Kent

1934

Martin Hardie

Associated Names
Martin Hardie

Artist, British, 1875 - 1952

David Strang

Printer, British, 1887 - 1967

The image features a rural landscape with a low horizon in the distance. The horizon line separates the sky from the fields below, which stretch across the scene. The view showcases gently sloping fields with a line of trees and small structures on the horizon. The artwork is done in a classic etching style with fine linework adding texture and detail to the fields and structures. The color palette consists of monochromatic earthy tones. Rows of fields with plowed furrows are visible in the foreground, with haystacks, trees, and barn-like structures in the background. A line of birds is seen flying in the sky.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16.19 × 27.15 cm (6 3/8 × 10 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 23.97 × 36.04 cm (9 7/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1213

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hardie 1975, no. 152

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1975

  • Hardie, Frank. The Prints of Martin Hardie: Edited from the Artist's Manuscript Record. Oxford, England: Ashmolean Museum, 1975, pp. 35, 68, no. 152.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: MH; lower right in black ink: Martin Hardie; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: 10. January in Kent; lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: H-18

Markings

stamped lower left verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q77013309

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