Romantic Landscape

c. 1890

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

The image is an etching of a landscape viewed from a wooded area. The composition shows a horizon in the middle with a gap revealing the sky, surrounded by trees and foliage. The etching technique uses fine lines and crosshatching for texture and contrast. The sepia color palette enhances light and shadow effects. Trees in the foreground have detailed trunks and leaves, while in the distance, there are silhouetted hills and a river or stream.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper [cancellation proof]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Professor Daniel Bell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.2 × 16.4 cm (4 7/16 × 6 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 18.2 × 21.9 cm (7 3/16 × 8 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.107.17

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 73A

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Daniel Bell, Cambridge, Massachusetts; acquired 1983 by the National Gallery of Art

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, p. 29, no. 73A.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: D. Y. Cameron; lower edge in graphite by unknown hand: R.73A. Romantic Landscape (about 1890) / (apparently / only 1 impression is known before the plate was cancelled

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q74044952

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