The Frews

1915/1917

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

The image depicts a landscape with a horizon in the upper third. Softly undulating hills stretch across the horizon, and a line of trees is below. The trees vary in density, creating a rhythmic pattern. Delicate and detailed brushstrokes depict natural elements. The color palette is monochromatic, with tan paper as the backdrop. Detailed shrub-like marks indicate a boundary or division in the scene, adding depth as the landscape extends into the hills.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 8.8 × 17.6 cm (3 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 13.7 × 19.8 cm (5 3/8 × 7 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2447

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 461

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 upper right: DYC; below plate lower right in graphite: D.Y. Cameron; by later hands bottom left in graphite:The Frews; bottom right: (HH123)

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64955188

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