Towards Snowdonia

1898

George Davison

Associated Names
George Davison

Artist, British, 1856 - 1930

James Craig Annan

Printer, British, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a coastal scene with a high horizon, distant mountains meeting a cloudy sky, a curved beach with gentle waves, calm waters, patches of vegetation, a textured stone wall, and a small structure among the dunes. The photo features varying shades of gray, creating a serene mood of vast openness and quiet solitude.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photogravure

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mark Katzman and Hilary Skirboll

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.4 × 24.7 cm (6 7/8 × 9 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 26.8 × 35.9 cm (10 9/16 × 14 1/8 in.)
    mat: 27.9 × 37.8 cm (11 × 14 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2025.15.39

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Dominic Winter Auctions, Gloucestershire, UK, 4 October 2017, lot 332); Mark Katzman, St. Louis, MO; gift to NGA, 2025.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right below image in graphite: Davison; bottom left of mat: Towards Snowdonia; bottom center: With Mr. George Davison Christmas Greetings 1912

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