Nithsdale

1911

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

This print shows a landscape captured from an elevated perspective, providing a wide view of the terrain. The horizon is near the upper third of the image, separating the sky from the fields and trees below. The ground displays gentle undulations with distinct lines hinting at pathways or boundaries. A wide space that might be a river crosses through the center of the print, curving away into the distance. Further away, fields, trees, and small structures form a patchwork that becomes less detailed as it recedes into the distance. The color scheme is monochrome, and the background is beige paper.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.3 × 32.2 cm (6 × 12 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 17.4 × 33.6 cm (6 7/8 × 13 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2468

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 435, State iv/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia; 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.

Wikidata ID

Q64955242

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