Corner of Rotten Row and Taylor Street (Glascow)

1891

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

The image depicts a street scene with buildings in sharp focus. The perspective is elevated, showing the buildings extending upwards with chimneys. The detailed line etching style creates a structured and aged aesthetic. The color palette is mostly sepia and black. Two figures in dark attire stand in the foreground, while other people are scattered along the sidewalk in the distance. The background shows a lightly sketched sky.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13 × 17.5 cm (5 1/8 × 6 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 22 × 28.3 cm (8 11/16 × 11 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2680

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 109

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: DYC; verso lower right by later hands in graphite: Rotten Row

Watermarks

partial [crown?] with fleur-de-lis

Wikidata ID

Q64955580

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