Mar's Work, Stirling, No. 2

1907

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

This is a drawing of an elaborate archway and entrance. The image captures a view of a detailed architectural structure featuring a grand entrance with intricate relief carvings around it. The facade is adorned with ornamental stonework, including figures and symbols. The central archway leads into a dark tunnel or passageway that extends inward. The walls on either side of the archway display more decorative carvings and rectangular windows or recesses. The light source seems to be coming from outside the archway, illuminating the façades and casting shadows that emphasize the architectural details. The texture and style of the drawing give a historical or ancient feel to the structure being depicted.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.1 × 17 cm (9 7/8 × 6 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.7 × 20.9 cm (11 5/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2424

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 386, State iii/iv


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 upper right: DYC; below plate lower right in graphite: D.Y. Cameron; verso by later hands in graphite bottom right: (not deciphered)

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64955089

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