Tages Erwachen (The Awakening of the Day)

1896/1897

Alfred Horsley Hinton

Associated Names
Alfred Horsley Hinton

Artist, British, 1863 - 1908

The image shows a landscape with a misty horizon, waterlogged terrain, and some vegetation. The horizon divides the dark land from the sky, which has a gray, overcast tone. The scene includes pools of water, sediment, grasses, and some taller vegetation along a watercourse leading into the distance. The colors are primarily shades of gray, creating a somber atmosphere.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photogravure

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mark Katzman and Hilary Skirboll

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.2 × 13.2 cm (8 3/4 × 5 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 34 × 25.4 cm (13 3/8 × 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2025.15.14

  • Volume Title

    Die Kunst in der Photographie (The Art in Photography)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David Spencer; Mark Katzman, St. Louis, MO, 2010; gift to NGA, 2025.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower left in image printed in black ink: A. Horsley Hinton / 1896; upper left above image printed in black ink: Die Kunst in der Photographie 1897.; upper right: Verlag von Julius Becker Berlin S.W.; lower left: A. Horsley Hinton, London; lower center: TAGES ERWACHEN.; lower right: Meisenbach Riffarth & Co. hel. u. impr.

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