Caption

Steamboat in the Westerdok in Amsterdam, print, The stern of a cargo boat. A tjalk is moored alongside., workshop stamp: 'ATELIER P. DUPONT', printmaker: Pieter Dupont, Amsterdam, 1895, paper, zinc etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 148 mm x width 196 mm, ships (in general), Westerdok, A detailed monochrome etching shows a large ship seen from the water with its hull dominating the upper portion of the image and a smaller boat moored alongside it. The scene includes a ladder leaning against the larger vessel, rigging and masts crisscrossing above, and figures on the decks and in the smaller boat. The water in the foreground is rendered with dense horizontal and swirling etched lines indicating ripples and reflections, and there are posts and a partially visible small craft at the lower left. The image is textured with fine crosshatching and scratchy lines throughout, creating contrasts between the solid mass of the ship and the restless surface of the water.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A84_094

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55.3Mb (7.2Mb) / 16.9in x 12.7in / 5061 x 3821 (300dpi)

Keywords

Steamboat Westerdok Amsterdam print stern cargo boat tjalk moored alongside workshop stamp Atelier P Dupont printmaker Pieter Dupont 1895 paper zinc etching intaglio printmaking technique height 148 mm x width 196 mm ships in general detailed monochrome etching large ship water hull dominating upper portion image smaller boat moored alongside scene includes ladder leaning larger vessel rigging masts crisscrossing figures decks foreground rendered dense horizontal swirling etched lines indicating ripples reflections posts partially visible small craft lower left textured fine crosshatching scratchy lines creating contrasts solid mass ship restless surface water