Robert Lee's Workshop

1905

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

This is a drawing of an interior workshop with scattered tools and equipment. The drawing depicts the inside of a rustic wooden structure that appears to be a workshop or a construction site. The interior has a central aisle lined with timbers and planks on both sides, with two ladders propped up on the left side leading into the ceiling beams. On the right, there are various tools and possibly a small workbench. A large open area is visible at the back, through which light is streaming in from an outside source. The scene is detailed with crosshatched shading, creating depth and emphasizing the rich textures of wood and construction materials.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 30 × 22 cm (11 13/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 32.8 × 24.2 cm (12 15/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2413

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 375, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1932d and Lugt 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 left: DYCameron; below plate lower right in graphite: D.Y. Cameron; by later hands in graphite across bottom: R275III Robert Lee's Workshop 19 x 15 A46483 (not deciphered); verso bottom left: 820123

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64955032

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