Seaweed gatherers on the coast near Veules, Les ramasseurs de varech à Veules (original title), Souvenir du Hâvre (original series title), print, View of a beach with boulders where people are gathering seaweed in the surf., printmaker: Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, c. 1873, Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 131 mm x width 360 mm, beach (landscape with figures, staffage), gathering herbs, Veules (city), A horizontal seascape rendered in monochrome shows a shallow shoreline with large irregular rocks scattered across the water and foreground, their textured surfaces emphasized by dense crosshatching and shadowing, while thin horizontal lines indicate calm water and a distant horizon under a pale sky with a few wispy clouds; several figures in simple dark clothing stand or bend near the rocks and water’s edge, some carrying baskets or tools and one appearing to lean on a stick on a rock, with smaller distant figures w...
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Seaweed gatherers on the coast near Veules, Les ramasseurs de varech à Veules (original title), Souvenir du Hâvre (original series title), print, View of a beach with boulders where people are gathering seaweed in the surf., printmaker: Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, c. 1873, Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 131 mm x width 360 mm, beach (landscape with figures, staffage), gathering herbs, Veules (city), A horizontal seascape rendered in monochrome shows a shallow shoreline with large irregular rocks scattered across the water and foreground, their textured surfaces emphasized by dense crosshatching and shadowing, while thin horizontal lines indicate calm water and a distant horizon under a pale sky with a few wispy clouds; several figures in simple dark clothing stand or bend near the rocks and water’s edge, some carrying baskets or tools and one appearing to lean on a stick on a rock, with smaller distant figures wading near the horizon, all composed in a wide, low-contrast tonal range.

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Seaweed gatherers coast near Veules Les ramasseurs de varech à Veules original title Souvenir du Hâvre original series title print View beach boulders people gathering seaweed surf printmaker Carel Nicolaas Storm van s-Gravesande c 1873 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique height 131 mm x width 360 mm landscape figures staffage gathering herbs Veules city horizontal seascape rendered monochrome shallow shoreline large irregular rocks scattered across water foreground textured surfaces emphasized dense crosshatching shadowing thin horizontal lines indicate calm water distant horizon under pale sky wispy clouds several figures simple dark clothing stand bend near rocks water’s edge carrying baskets tools appearing lean stick rock smaller distant figures wading near horizon composed wide low-contrast tonal range

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