Caption

Barges in the Seine in Paris, print, Houses in the background. In front of the houses several horses, some of which are harnessed to a carriage., printmaker: Pieter Dupont, Paris, 1896, paper, zinc etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 135 mm x width 328 mm, ships (in general), city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, Seine, A sepia-toned etching showing several wooden boats in the foreground, their hulls and oars rendered with dense, parallel hatch marks, floating on textured water with horizontal lines. Behind the boats a riverside scene stretches across with multi-story buildings featuring pitched roofs, windows, chimneys, and awnings. Small figures stand or move along the waterfront and docks, and scaffolding-like posts rise near the boats. The sky above contains clouds drawn with curved, linear shading, and trees with scribbled foliage appear interspersed among the buildings. The overall image is composed of fine, dark line work on a light background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B39_244

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Rights managed

Available size

38.0Mb (5.6Mb) / 19.0in x 7.8in / 5707 x 2329 (300dpi)

Keywords

Barges Seine Paris print Houses background front houses several horses harnessed carriage printmaker Pieter Dupont 1896 paper zinc etching intaglio printmaking technique height 135 mm x width 328 mm ships in general city-view landscape man- constructions sepia-toned etching showing several wooden boats foreground hulls oars rendered dense parallel hatch marks floating textured water horizontal lines boats riverside scene stretches across multi-story buildings featuring pitched roofs windows chimneys awnings Small figures stand move waterfront docks scaffolding- posts rise near sky contains clouds drawn curved linear shading trees scribbled foliage interspersed buildings image composed fine dark line work light background