Pap of Glencoe

1915/1929

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

The image displays a mountainous landscape with towering peaks in the distance. The transition between the shadowed hills and the mountains implies the horizon line. Etching techniques create a texture with bold lines and crosshatching. The color palette is black and white, emphasizing the dramatic forms of the mountains against the dark sky. Light and shadow are used to highlight the mountain contours and varying shades of darkness in the landscape.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint and etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 8.4 × 11.3 cm (3 5/16 × 4 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 13.6 × 19.6 cm (5 3/8 × 7 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2446

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 462

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

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64955187

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