Carselands (or "The Carse")

1914

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

The image shows a landscape with a vast plain, a row of low hills on the horizon, and the sky above. The artwork is characterized by fine, precise lines typical of an etching, with simple cross-hatching to suggest depth and texture. The color palette is muted, primarily sepia and black against a cream background. The terrain transitions from darker lines in the foreground to lighter, softly etched hills in the distance.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 7.5 × 14.8 cm (2 15/16 × 5 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 16.5 × 20.7 cm (6 1/2 × 8 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2457

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 450, State iv/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; by later hands in graphite bottom left: R. 450 K 7874; bottom right: XII

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64955223

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