Caption

Canal (original title), Canal with barges, print, printmaker: Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870 - 1931, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 179 mm x width 216 mm, tow-boat, towing-barge, A monochrome etched scene showing a narrow river flanked by rough banks and vegetation, with several small rowboats positioned along the water and one prominent boat in the foreground, loose linear marks suggesting ripples and reflections on the surface, clusters of trees and shrubbery on both sides rendered with dense hatched lines, a windmill with crossed sails visible on the right bank in the distance, simple rooflines and a steeple peeking above the treeline near the center, and a sky left largely blank except for scattered speckles.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A89_113

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Rights managed

Available size

35.6Mb (9.6Mb) / 12.8in x 10.8in / 3849 x 3234 (300dpi)

Keywords

Canal original title barges print printmaker Willem Bastiaan Tholen 1870 - 1931 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique height 179 mm x width 216 mm tow-boat towing-barge monochrome etched scene showing narrow river flanked rough banks vegetation several small rowboats positioned water prominent boat foreground loose linear marks suggesting ripples reflections surface clusters trees shrubbery sides rendered dense hatched lines windmill crossed sails visible right bank distance simple rooflines steeple peeking treeline near center sky left largely blank except scattered speckles