Canongate Washing

1934

Ernest Stephen Lumsden

Associated Names
Ernest Stephen Lumsden

Artist, Scottish, 1883 - 1948

The image shows a tall, multi-level building with windows of varying sizes. Clotheslines extend outward from the windows with garments hanging to dry. An individual stands at one of the open windows. The artist uses intricate hatching and cross-hatching for texture on the brickwork and garments. The color palette is monochromatic in shades of sepia and black, emphasizing details in shadow and light.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.08 × 17.46 cm (9 7/8 × 6 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5741

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lumsden 1936, no. 334

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1936

  • Lumsden, E. S. "Chronological List, 1905-1935." Print Collector's Quarterly 23, no. 3 (July 1936): p. 238, no. 334.

Wikidata ID

Q65019836

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