The Deanery, Winchester

1902

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

The image shows a narrow courtyard surrounded by buildings. The viewpoint is from a standing height, slightly offset to the left. No distinct horizon is visible as the scene is enclosed within the courtyard walls. The buildings have a rustic charm with climbing plants. The artwork utilizes delicate and intricate brushstrokes to capture details like windowpanes, brickwork, and vines. The color palette is monochromatic, dominated by earthy sepia tones. In the foreground, a figure, likely a woman, is partially shaded, adding a human element to the architectural scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on cream wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10 × 14.5 cm (3 15/16 × 5 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 18.7 × 25.9 cm (7 3/8 × 10 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2380

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 343

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 lower left: DYC; below plate lower right in graphite: D.Y. Cameron

Wikidata ID

Q64954903

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