Caption

Letterbox, Kaag (original title), Meadows at the Kaag, with letterbox, print, printmaker: Willem Bastiaan Tholen (signed by artist), 1870 - 1914, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 136 mm x width 275 mm, meadow, pasture, postal service, A sepia-toned ink drawing of a flat riverside landscape with a wooden shelter on tall posts in the right foreground, the shelter having a slanted roof and an item of cloth or garment hanging from an inner beam, while grasses, low plants, and wildflowers cover the ground around the posts and extend into the middle distance; across the scene a calm river or waterway runs near the horizon with boats and small structures along its far bank, including sailed and mast-bearing vessels and windmills, and birds sketched in the sky above, all rendered with fine, linear pen strokes and delicate crosshatching.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B20_282

License type

Rights managed

Available size

43.4Mb (10.2Mb) / 19.2in x 8.8in / 5752 x 2640 (300dpi)

Keywords

Letterbox Kaag original title Meadows letterbox print printmaker Willem Bastiaan Tholen signed artist 1870 - 1914 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique height 136 mm x width 275 mm meadow pasture postal service sepia-toned ink drawing flat riverside landscape wooden shelter tall posts right foreground shelter having slanted roof item cloth garment hanging inner beam grasses low plants wildflowers cover ground posts extend middle distance across scene calm river waterway runs near horizon boats small structures far bank sailed mast-bearing vessels windmills birds sketched sky rendered fine linear pen strokes delicate crosshatching