Description
The Itchen near Winchester. Landscape with a lake.
Made by after an anonymous artist.
Medium: Drypoint etching on wove paper paper.
Sheet size: 23.5 x 17.5 cm (9.25 x 6.89 inch). Image size: 15 x 8.8 cm. (5.91 x 3.46 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Some remains of tape on rear from previous attachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
LANDSCAPE NEAR WINCHESTER | MODERN-MAP
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Source: unknown, to be determined.
Biography engraver: Sir David Young Cameron (1865-1945) painter and etcher (one of the leading practitioners of the Etching Revival). Born and in trained Glasgow, Kippen and Edinburgh; exhibited at the RA in 1886, began etching at 18, known for etched views of architecture and drypoints of mountain and moorland scenery. He etched a total of over 500 plates, 300 done before 1900, including book illustrations and ex-libris plates.
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