"Ye Banks and Braes"

1897

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

The image depicts a landscape with water in the foreground and a shoreline with trees and hills in the distance. The composition is characterized by intricate lines that convey texture and shadow. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of brown and sepia. In the foreground, there are reeds and brambles, and power lines stretch across the left side. In the distance, there is a small house among the trees, with birds in the sky.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.8 × 20.1 cm (5 1/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.2 × 27.3 cm (7 15/16 × 10 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2324

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 279, State iii/iii

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

in plate bottom left: DYCameron; below plate lower right in graphite: D.Y. Cameron,

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64954765

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