The Bridge, Blakeney

1937

Martin Hardie

Associated Names
Martin Hardie

Artist, British, 1875 - 1952

David Strang

Printer, British, 1887 - 1967

The image shows a landscape with a low horizon, captured from a slightly elevated angle. Small silhouettes can be seen in the distance against the sky. The artwork features fine linework that creates texture and movement. The color palette is monochromatic, with soft sepia tones. Near the viewer, there is a path or grassy embankment, and in the distance, figures are visible on a bridge or dock, one holding a long pole.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow, 1968)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.92 × 26.99 cm (5 7/8 × 10 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 23.34 × 35.4 cm (9 3/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1214

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hardie 1975, no. 160

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. 37, 69, no. 160.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: MH; lower right in brown ink: Martin Hardie; lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand: 10; lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: Bridge, Blakeney; lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: H-19 OP

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q77013311

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