Caption

Near a village, a woman hangs laundry on a line, print, annotation: '1st state', printmaker: Léopold Haeck, 1878 - 1910, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 191 mm x width 238 mm, hanging the wash to dry, prospect of village, silhouette of village, A pencil sketch showing a row of closely packed houses with pitched roofs and visible chimneys, rooflines forming a jagged horizon beneath a large empty sky; in the foreground there are wooden fences and posts, rough textured walls, a gate, and a small figure with raised arms standing near the center; scattered windows and doors appear on the buildings, and a cluster of trees or dense foliage is drawn to the right, all rendered with fine, crosshatched lines and delicate shading.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B17_397

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Available size

36.6Mb (7.0Mb) / 13.6in x 10.4in / 4094 x 3124 (300dpi)

Keywords

Near village woman hangs laundry line print annotation 1st state printmaker Léopold Haeck 1878 - 1910 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique height 191 mm x width 238 mm hanging wash dry prospect silhouette pencil sketch showing row closely packed houses pitched roofs visible chimneys rooflines forming jagged horizon beneath large empty sky foreground wooden fences posts rough textured walls gate small figure raised arms standing near center scattered windows doors buildings cluster trees dense foliage drawn right rendered fine crosshatched lines delicate shading