Caption

Sailors seated at a table listening to one of them, print, inscription: 'Tire a 2 exemplare 5 état', printmaker: Piet Verhaert, c. 1879, paper, chine collé, etching, retroussage, intaglio printmaking technique, height 209 mm x width 258 mm, seaman, table, ship-model, story teller, listening to story teller, A sepia-toned etching shows a group of men crowded around a wooden table, their faces rendered with dense crosshatching and varied expressions; one man at the left rests an arm on the table and looks toward the center with a furrowed brow, while the men to the right lean in close, some with hands near their faces and one wearing a wide-brimmed hat; detailed lines suggest textured clothing, beards, and hair, and a small model sailboat sits on a high surface behind them against a lightly textured background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B19_427

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34.0Mb (9.7Mb) / 13.0in x 10.1in / 3911 x 3038 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sailors seated table listening them print inscription Tire 2 exemplare 5 état printmaker Piet Verhaert c 1879 paper chine collé etching retroussage intaglio printmaking technique height 209 mm x width 258 mm seaman table ship-model story teller listening sepia-toned etching group men crowded wooden table faces rendered dense crosshatching varied expressions man left rests arm looks center furrowed brow men right lean close hands near faces wearing wide-brimmed hat detailed lines suggest textured clothing beards hair small model sailboat sits high surface lightly textured background