Caption

Two sailing ships on the water with the coastline in the background, print, printmaker: Frans Hens, 1891, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone, height 236 mm x width 317 mm, sailing-ship, sailing-boat, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone), A sepia-toned etching of a waterscape showing sailboats on a calm body of water, with a large sailboat in the foreground carrying figures on its deck and rippled reflections beneath it, a smaller sailboat farther back with its sail raised, distant vessels along the horizon, reeds and textured grasses along the near shore at the lower right, and a sky filled with delicate, horizontal etching lines and faint cloud-like hatch marks.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B17_419

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54.5Mb (5.5Mb) / 16.8in x 12.6in / 5051 x 3772 (300dpi)

Keywords

Two sailing ships water coastline background print printmaker Frans Hens 1891 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique plate tone height 236 mm x width 317 mm sailing-ship sailing-boat landscapes waters waterscapes seascapes temperate zone sepia-toned etching waterscape showing sailboats calm body large sailboat foreground carrying figures deck rippled reflections beneath smaller sailboat farther back sail raised distant vessels horizon reeds textured grasses near shore lower right sky filled delicate horizontal lines faint cloud- hatch marks