Elcho on the Tay

1900

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

The image depicts a landscape with a flat and expansive viewpoint leading to the distance. The horizon sits slightly above the center, with hills stretching horizontally. The hills are dark against the lighter sky and water. Textured layers are created by brushstrokes or etching lines, especially in the hills and vegetation, adding depth. A body of water reflects landscape elements. A fence line runs diagonally from the lower right corner towards the middle. The color palette is sepia with light browns and blacks, creating a serene impact. Clusters of trees and sparse vegetation are depicted to the left and right of the hills.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 26.6 × 35.5 cm (10 1/2 × 14 in.)
    sheet: 33.3 × 44.8 cm (13 1/8 × 17 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2356

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 312, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1932d and 1760b); 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 right: DYC; below plate lower right in graphite: D.Y. Cameron; by later hands bottom left in graphite: Elcho on the Tay

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64954842

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