Old Houses, Stirling

1895

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

The image shows an architectural scene with detailed building facades, including windows and chimneys. Tall multi-story buildings are depicted with fine brushstrokes to convey texture and depth. The scene is monochromatic, dominated by shades of sepia and black. Three figures are seen conversing in the foreground, blending into the shadowed area of the street. In the distance, a turret staircase is visible on the right side of the composition.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.6 × 13.8 cm (8 7/8 × 5 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.11 × 15.1 cm (10 11/16 × 5 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2292

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 148, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1932d); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1932

  • Rinder, Frank. D.Y. Cameron, an illustrated catalogue of his etchings and drypoints, 1887-1932. Glasgow: Jackson, Wylie and Company, 1932.

Inscriptions

below plate lower right in graphite: D.Y. Cameron 97; by later hands in graphite bottom left: Old Houses. St. John Street. Stirling. 2nd state. / k7681 x

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64954689

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