Caption

Eboulement de rochers près de Veules (original title), Boulders at Veules, Souvenir du Hâvre (original series title), print, View of boulders on the coast at Veules., printmaker: Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, c. 1873, Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 151 mm x width 235 mm, rocky coast, Veules (city), A wide coastal scene rendered in delicate linework shows a shoreline with large jagged rocks sitting in shallow water and on wet sand, a few smaller scattered stones near the foreground, and a long piece of driftwood partially submerged. To the right, steep, textured cliffs rise from the beach with layered striations and shadowed recesses. In the middistance low rocky outcrops and a distant cliff line stretch toward the horizon. The sky above is filled with soft, streaked clouds and a few small birds in flight, and the water near the shore reflects the tones and lines of the rocks and sky.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B17_217

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Rights managed

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42.6Mb (9.2Mb) / 17.3in x 9.6in / 5175 x 2875 (300dpi)

Keywords

Eboulement de rochers près de Veules original title Boulders Veules Souvenir du Hâvre original series title print View boulders coast printmaker Carel Nicolaas Storm van s-Gravesande c 1873 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique height 151 mm x width 235 mm rocky coast city wide coastal scene rendered delicate linework shoreline large jagged rocks sitting shallow water wet sand smaller scattered stones near foreground long piece driftwood partially submerged right steep textured cliffs rise beach layered striations shadowed recesses middistance low rocky outcrops distant cliff line stretch horizon sky filled soft streaked clouds small birds flight water near shore reflects tones lines rocks sky