Swamp landscape at twilight, print, mark: 'Antwerpsche Etsers 1880', printmaker: Alfred Elsen, 1860 - 1910, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone, height 200 mm x width 2800 mm, swamp, inland marsh, fens, A monochrome landscape etching showing a flat foreground with grassy and marshy patches leading to a narrow reflective stream that winds toward the background, flanked by low vegetation and taller grasses. Silhouetted trees of varying shapes and heights stand on either side of the stream, some with dense foliage and others with sparse branches, forming a darker band of trees in the middle ground. The sky above is filled with layered, textured clouds rendered with fine linear strokes, creating a sense of horizontal movement across the upper portion of the image. The overall palette is sepia-toned, and the image is composed with a wide horizontal format emphasizing the expanse of sky and the linear arrangement of trees and water.
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Swamp landscape at twilight, print, mark: 'Antwerpsche Etsers 1880', printmaker: Alfred Elsen, 1860 - 1910, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone, height 200 mm x width 2800 mm, swamp, inland marsh, fens, A monochrome landscape etching showing a flat foreground with grassy and marshy patches leading to a narrow reflective stream that winds toward the background, flanked by low vegetation and taller grasses. Silhouetted trees of varying shapes and heights stand on either side of the stream, some with dense foliage and others with sparse branches, forming a darker band of trees in the middle ground. The sky above is filled with layered, textured clouds rendered with fine linear strokes, creating a sense of horizontal movement across the upper portion of the image. The overall palette is sepia-toned, and the image is composed with a wide horizontal format emphasizing the expanse of sky and the linear arrangement of trees and water.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B17_260

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Swamp landscape twilight print mark Antwerpsche Etsers 1880 printmaker Alfred Elsen 1860 - 1910 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique plate tone height 200 mm x width 2800 mm swamp inland marsh fens monochrome landscape showing flat foreground grassy marshy patches leading narrow reflective stream winds background flanked low vegetation taller grasses Silhouetted trees varying shapes heights stand side stream dense foliage sparse branches forming darker band trees middle ground sky filled layered textured clouds rendered fine linear strokes creating sense horizontal movement across upper portion image palette sepia-toned composed wide horizontal format emphasizing expanse linear arrangement water

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