Boston Public LibrarySir Muirhead Bone (1876-1953). Prints, Drawings, and Paintings / British Artists
Gorbals
Item Information
- Title:
- Gorbals
- Description:
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The Clyde. On the south bank a row of houses, divided by the opening of a street. On the extreme left a high chimney is cut by the edge of the plate. In mid-stream are a raft, carrying one man, and a barge with some dredging machinery upon it. The tops of trees, growing on the north bank, are seen in the lower corners to left and right. Reflections in the water beneath the shore, the raft and the barge are indicated by vertical lines varying in length. Similar lines extend all across the lower part of the plate between the tree-tops. The smoke from a chimney on the left drifts to a length of1 1/2 in. along the top of the plate. The sky towards the right is full of lines.
- Artist:
- Bone, Muirhead, Sir, 1876-1953
- Name on Item:
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Muirhead Bone '99
- Date:
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1899
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
Drypoints
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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Sir Muirhead Bone (1876-1953). Prints, Drawings, and Paintings
- Subjects:
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Row houses
Rivers
- Places:
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Scotland > Clyde, Firth of (estuary)
Scotland > Glasgow (county) > Glasgow
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching and drypoint ; plate mark 143 x 155 mm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2227ns13g
- Terms of Use:
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Copyright (c) Muirhead Bone
All rights reserved.
- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Dodgson number: 45, I.
Third of the Glasgow set, six subjects, Dodgson numbers 43-48.
- Notes (date):
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Date from item.
- Notes (citation):
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Dodgson, Campbell. "Etching & Dry Point by Muirhead Bone. I. 1898-1907. A Catalogue by Campbell Dodgson." Obach & Co., 1909.
- Notes (object):
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First state of two.
- Identifier:
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17_04_000024
W. 545 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000183786
