Caption

Woman making lace, print, annotation: '1er Etat de la planche', printmaker: Frans Lauwers (signed by artist), after painting by Walter Sanford, 1885, paper, etching, drypoint, etching and drypoint, proof print, height 319 mm x width 222 mm, lace-making, A detailed pen-and-ink portrait of a woman wearing a head covering and shawl, shown from the torso up and turned slightly toward the viewer, with a calm facial expression and closely rendered hair at the forehead; her hands rest on a surface holding a small object and a bundle of elongated items; a round glass vessel sits on a stacked base to her side beneath a curved shade; the background and clothing are filled with dense crosshatching and fine linear texture.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B18_326

License type

Rights managed

Available size

51.2Mb (7.1Mb) / 12.1in x 16.5in / 3624 x 4936 (300dpi)

Keywords

Woman lace print annotation 1er Etat de la planche printmaker Frans Lauwers signed artist painting Walter Sanford 1885 paper etching drypoint proof print height 319 mm x width 222 mm lace- detailed pen- -ink portrait woman wearing head covering shawl shown torso up turned slightly viewer calm facial expression closely rendered hair forehead hands rest surface holding small object bundle elongated items round glass vessel sits stacked base side beneath curved shade background clothing filled dense crosshatching fine linear texture