Ayr Prison

1905

Muirhead Bone

Associated Names
Muirhead Bone

Artist, Scottish, 1876 - 1953

The image shows an expansive landscape with structures on the right side, reaching from the bottom to the top. The horizon is low on the left, under a vast sky. There are figures along the horizon, including a person with a spear and a horse and cart near the buildings. The left side displays a vast, textured expanse. The style features fine lines and shading, reminiscent of an etching. The color scheme is monochromatic, using shades of sepia and brown.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.7 × 17.78 cm (5 × 7 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1967

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dodgson 1909, no. 179

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia; gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1930

  • Drawings, Etchings, Lithographs by Muirhead Bone, The Print Club of Philadelphia, 1930, no. 103.

Bibliography

1909

  • Dodgson, Campbell. Etchings & Dry Points by Muirhead Bone: I., 1898-1907. London: Obach & Co., 1909, no. 179.

Wikidata ID

Q64960616

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