Bishop Street, Anderston

1889

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

The image shows a street scene with aged buildings lining a narrow street. The buildings have pitched roofs and chimneys, and the scene is rendered with fine lines and hatching techniques. The color palette is sepia and black. The street is suggested with rough hatched lines, and there are people throughout the scene. In the distance, a tall building is visible.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.9 × 19.8 cm (4 11/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 22.3 × 28.4 cm (8 3/4 × 11 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2669

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 96

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 bottom right: DYCameron; [shop signs]; verso by later hands in graphite bottom right: Anderston "Bishop Street"

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64955553

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