Jersey Vraic Cart

1939

Edmund Blampied

Associated Names
Edmund Blampied

Artist, British, 1886 - 1966

The image is from a slightly elevated point of view, showing people and animals engaged in an activity. The horizon is high in the image, almost level with the heads of the horses. The sky takes up much of the upper portion of the image, with clouds rendered using intricate, linear brushstrokes and swirls. The color palette is monochromatic with sepia tones. The etching displays livestock, a cart, and figures working diligently. Further back in the scene, more figures and livestock are seen against the cloud-filled sky.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.8 × 28.2 cm (8 9/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 29.5 × 39.4 cm (11 5/8 × 15 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1498

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Appleby and Arnold 1996, no. 183

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1926

  • Dodgson, Campbell. A Complete Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-points of Edmund Blampied. London: Halton and Truscott Smith, 1926.

1996

  • Appleby, John, and Jean Arnold. A Catalogue Raisonné of Etchings Drypoints & Lithographs of Edmund Blampied. St. Ouen, Jersey: John Appleby Publishing, 1996, no. 183.

Inscriptions

in plate, lower right: Blampied 1939; below plate, in graphite, by artist's hand: E. Blampied

Watermarks

J WHATMAN

Wikidata ID

Q64955699

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