Caption

Texel, Six etching proofs, print, View of a bay on the coast of Texel with a mudflat walker. Across the bay, a flock of sheep. Two boats have run aground during the ebb tide., printmaker: Pierre Louis Dubourcq, Netherlands, 1849, paper, chine collé, etching, drypoint, roulette, intaglio printmaking technique, drypoint and roulette with plate tone on chine collé, height 207 mm x width 255 mm, gulf, bay, mud flat, A wide coastal landscape rendered in fine linework showing a broad sky filled with layered, billowing clouds above a flat shoreline with shallow water and tidal flats, a lone figure walking near the water's edge, small boats moored or anchored offshore, a distant windmill and low buildings on the horizon, grassy foreground dunes and a rough wooden fence or breakwater on the left, and delicate linear shading throughout to indicate texture and depth.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A82_390

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Rights managed

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41.5Mb (12.7Mb) / 14.9in x 10.9in / 4457 x 3256 (300dpi)

Keywords

Texel Six etching proofs print View bay coast mudflat walker Across flock sheep Two boats run aground ebb tide printmaker Pierre Louis Dubourcq Netherlands 1849 paper chine collé drypoint roulette intaglio printmaking technique plate tone height 207 mm x width 255 mm gulf mud flat wide coastal landscape rendered fine linework showing broad sky filled layered billowing clouds flat shoreline shallow water tidal flats lone figure walking near water's edge small boats moored anchored offshore distant windmill low buildings horizon grassy foreground dunes rough wooden fence breakwater left delicate linear shading indicate texture depth