Caption

Ship off the coast, print, printmaker: Jan Heppener, The Hague, 1855, paper, chine collé, etching, etching on chine collé, height 51 mm x width 78 mm, ships (in general), dune coast (landscape with figures, staffage), sand-bank (landscape with figures, A sketch in muted tones shows a shoreline scene with a large sailing vessel beached or anchored near shallow water, its tall mast and spars drawn with vertical and diagonal lines, and its hull shaded with crosshatched strokes; two small standing figures are near the waterline facing the vessel, and a small rowboat with occupants is nearby on the water; low, gently sloping hills rise in the background on the right, and horizontal, wispy cloud-like lines stretch across the sky; the foreground contains textured water and shoreline marks with scattered darker sketch marks.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A95_007

License type

Rights managed

Available size

42.5Mb (12.6Mb) / 15.9in x 10.4in / 4782 x 3108 (300dpi)

Keywords

Ship off coast print printmaker Jan Heppener Hague 1855 paper chine collé etching height 51 mm x width 78 mm ships in general dune coast landscape figures staffage sand-bank sketch muted tones shoreline scene large sailing vessel beached anchored near shallow water tall mast spars drawn vertical diagonal lines hull shaded crosshatched strokes two small standing near waterline facing vessel small rowboat occupants nearby water low gently sloping hills rise background right horizontal wispy cloud- lines stretch across sky foreground contains textured water shoreline marks scattered darker marks