Caption

Ship off the coast, print, printmaker: Jan Heppener, The Hague, 1855, paper, chine collé, etching, etching on chine collé, height 51 mm x width 78 mm, ships (in general), dune coast (landscape with figures, staffage), sand-bank (landscape with figures, A monochrome etching shows a beached sailing vessel with tall masts and rigging standing on shallow water near the shore, two small figures standing in the water facing each other beside the ship, a small rowboat with seated figures a short distance away, a low rocky shoreline and gently sloping hills in the background, faint horizontal lines suggesting clouds or distant water, and scattered marks and scratches across the textured surface.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B40_415

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40.6Mb (12.0Mb) / 15.4in x 10.3in / 4607 x 3081 (300dpi)

Keywords

Ship off coast print printmaker Jan Heppener Hague 1855 paper chine collé etching height 51 mm x width 78 mm ships in general dune coast landscape figures staffage sand-bank monochrome etching beached sailing vessel tall masts rigging standing shallow water near shore two small figures standing water facing beside ship small rowboat seated figures short distance away low rocky shoreline gently sloping hills background faint horizontal lines suggesting clouds distant water scattered marks scratches across textured surface