The Old Palace, Culross (Fife)

1909

Sir Muirhead Bone

Associated Names
Muirhead Bone

Artist, Scottish, 1876 - 1953

The image displays a rustic farm scene with a horse harnessed to a cart on a dirt surface. There is a building with a steep roof in the center and another with a wheel of a cart visible on the left. The art style is detailed and meticulous, capturing textures and shading with fine lines. Trees extend into the sky, and the sky is uniform. The color palette is sepia, giving an aged quality. In the distance, there is a shed with supplies and chickens on the ground.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.6 x 26.4 cm (7 11/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 24.6 x 37.8 cm (9 11/16 x 14 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1987

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dodgson 1930, no. 261, State xi/xi


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1930

  • Drawings, Etchings, Lithographs by Muirhead Bone, The Print Club of Philadelphia, 1930, no. 31.

Bibliography

1948

  • Dodgson, Campbell, and Harold J. Wright. Etchings and Dry-Points by Muirhead Bone, 1898-1939. London: unpublished manuscript (Obach & Co.; P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.), c. 1948, no.

Wikidata ID

Q64962055

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