The Three Barrows

1891

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

This is a drawing of a cart being pulled along a street in front of a row of shops or buildings. The drawing employs a minimalistic sketch technique, capturing the scene with simple line work and shading. The cart, identified by its large wheels, is a central element, depicted in profile as it is pulled by two figures. In the foreground, there is the partial figure of someone holding a large umbrella. In the background, there is a faint sketch of structured facades. The limited tonal range gives the drawing an airy, unfinished quality.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 2.44 × 16.2 cm (15/16 × 6 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 4.8 × 19.5 cm (1 7/8 × 7 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2243

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 82

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1932d); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1932

  • Rinder, Frank. D.Y. Cameron, an illustrated catalogue of his etchings and drypoints, 1887-1932. Glasgow: Jackson, Wylie and Company, 1932.

Inscriptions

in plate bottom right: DYC; below plate lower right in graphite: D.Y. Cameron 1890; by later hands in graphite: The Three Barrows W.10 R82 K7639

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64954587

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