Caption

Sailing ships and a rowboat on open water, print, workshop stamp: 'Antwerpsche Etsers 1880', printmaker: Henri Seghers (signed by artist), 1886, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 235 mm x width 319 mm, sailing-ship, sailing-boat, rowing facing backward, pulling, A sepia-toned etching showing several sailing vessels on calm water under a cloudy sky, with tall masts, furled and unfurled sails, and rigging rendered in fine lines, a larger ship occupying the foreground with triangular and square sails, smaller boats and a rowboat with figures visible nearer the viewer, distant ships and a shoreline with a windmill sketched along the horizon, and textured cloud formations filling much of the upper area.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B19_355

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Rights managed

Available size

46.6Mb (12.6Mb) / 16.2in x 11.1in / 4872 x 3341 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sailing ships rowboat open water print workshop stamp Antwerpsche Etsers 1880 printmaker Henri Seghers signed artist 1886 paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 235 mm x width 319 mm sailing-ship sailing-boat rowing facing backward pulling sepia-toned showing several sailing vessels calm water under cloudy sky tall masts furled unfurled sails rigging rendered fine lines larger ship occupying foreground triangular square sails smaller boats figures visible nearer viewer distant ships shoreline windmill sketched horizon textured cloud formations filling upper area