Caption

Area of Zaltbommel, with steamboat (former title), River view with a steamboat, print, printmaker: Joseph Hartogensis, The Hague, 1854, paper, chine collé, etching, etching on chine collé, proof, height 50 mm x width 85 mm, steamship, motorship, river (landscape with figures, staffage), Zaltbommel, A monochrome etching shows a shoreline scene with a dark, textured mound in the foreground and a figure wearing a cloak standing near the water edge accompanied by a small animal. Wooden posts and beams protrude from the mound and shoreline. A paddle steamer with a tall smokestack emitting a cloud of smoke is on the water alongside a smaller boat, and reflections ripple on the water surface. On the left, a simple wooden building with an overhang sits near the shore with several small human silhouettes nearby and masts of moored vessels rising behind it. The sky is filled with horizontal hatch marks and wispy, textured clouds, and a distant low-lying shoreline appears on the horizon.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A95_018

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Rights managed

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49.7Mb (6.8Mb) / 17.3in x 11.2in / 5185 x 3347 (300dpi)

Keywords

Area Zaltbommel steamboat former title River view print printmaker Joseph Hartogensis Hague 1854 paper chine collé etching proof height 50 mm x width 85 mm steamship motorship river landscape figures staffage monochrome etching shoreline scene dark textured mound foreground figure wearing cloak standing near water edge accompanied small animal Wooden posts beams protrude mound shoreline paddle steamer tall smokestack emitting cloud smoke water alongside smaller boat reflections ripple water surface left simple wooden building overhang sits near shore several small human silhouettes nearby masts moored vessels rising sky filled horizontal hatch marks wispy textured clouds distant low-lying shoreline horizon