Old Swede's Church

1904

Robert Shaw

Associated Names
Robert Shaw

Artist, American, 1859 - 1912

The image shows a rustic stone building surrounded by trees. The trees have an elaborate trunk and branches stretching into the sky. The horizon is hidden by the dense trees and the overcast sky. The building has an arched doorway and a small steeple. The artwork uses a tonal, monochrome palette of sepia tones to create an aged, serene atmosphere. The brushstrokes and cross-hatch shading provide texture to the foliage, trees, and stonework of the building.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on chine colle

  • Credit Line

    Gift of J. Keith Peoples

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.4 × 35.56 cm (10 × 14 in.)
    sheet: 41.28 × 54.61 cm (16 1/4 × 21 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.140.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Beckman 1991, no. 86

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired by NGA in 2012 from J. Keith Peoples, Washington, DC.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1991

  • Beckman, Thomas. The Etchings of Robert Shaw. Wilmington, Delaware: The Historical Society of Delaware: 1991.

Inscriptions

in graphite, lower left: Robert Shaw

Wikidata ID

Q76561154

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