Caption

Squirrel, drawing, Three sketches of a squirrel. Drawn on the back of advertising print for 'Engravings and Photographs' and 'Children's Work' by 'Hoog & Kruyt'., draftsman (artist): Johannes Tavenraat, 1840 - 1880, Johannes Tavenraat, draftsman (artist), materials by function, paper, ink, pen, pen in brown, height 105 mm x width 134 mm, rodents: squirrel, A sepia ink drawing on aged paper showing detailed, flowing lines that form organic shapes and animal-like figures; a branch extends diagonally with textured bark, and perched on it is a small, curled creature with fur indicated by hatch marks; below and to the right a large, dark, rounded form with sweeping ink washes and lined contours suggests layered folds and plumage, with adjacent feather-like shapes rendered in fine parallel lines; to the left several smaller, dynamic animal sketches appear in various poses, their bodies and limbs defined by energetic pen strokes and cross-hatching, all set against a lightly stained background of paper.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B47_253

License type

Rights managed

Available size

44.3Mb (9.6Mb) / 14.8in x 11.6in / 4440 x 3490 (300dpi)

Keywords

Squirrel drawing Three sketches squirrel Drawn back advertising print Engravings Photographs Children's Work Hoog & Kruyt draftsman artist Johannes Tavenraat 1840 - 1880 materials function paper ink pen brown height 105 mm x width 134 mm rodents sepia ink drawing aged paper showing detailed flowing lines form organic shapes animal- figures branch extends diagonally textured bark perched small curled creature fur indicated hatch marks right large dark rounded form sweeping ink washes lined contours layered folds plumage adjacent feather- shapes rendered fine parallel lines left several smaller dynamic animal sketches various poses bodies limbs defined energetic pen strokes cross-hatching set lightly stained background paper