Old Houses, Govan Ferry

1895

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

The image shows a row of old houses viewed from a street perspective, facing slightly to the right. There is a single figure walking towards the buildings. In the distance, masts from docked ships can be seen, suggesting a waterway. The artist uses fine, delicate lines with a cross-hatching technique to render textures on the buildings and the sky. The color palette is monochromatic, consisting of varying shades of brown. Shadows cast by the buildings and the figure stretch across the ground.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 9.9 × 16.2 cm (3 7/8 × 6 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 21.5 × 28.3 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2684

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 236

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 across bottom: GOVAN FERRY DYCameron

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64955594

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