Caption

Ships in a canal (original title), print, printmaker: Floris Verster, 1889, paper, chine collé, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, etching and drypoint with plate tone on chine collé, height 110 mm x width 237 mm, sailing-ship, sailing-boat, canal, A monochrome etching shows a shoreline scene with several moored boats clustered along the water's edge, their hulls and masts rendered in dense, dark hatch marks against a lighter sky and reflective water surface; two figures stand on one of the boats, silhouetted by the surrounding lines, while rigging and spars extend overhead and cast strokes across the composition, and the water mirrors the boats and sky with horizontal and swirling etched lines.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B21_306

License type

Rights managed

Available size

42.3Mb (10.0Mb) / 19.1in x 8.6in / 5742 x 2576 (300dpi)

Keywords

Ships canal original title print printmaker Floris Verster 1889 paper chine collé etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique plate tone height 110 mm x width 237 mm sailing-ship sailing-boat monochrome etching shoreline scene several moored boats clustered water's edge hulls masts rendered dense dark hatch marks lighter sky reflective water surface two figures stand boats silhouetted surrounding lines rigging spars extend overhead cast strokes across composition water mirrors sky horizontal swirling etched lines