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The image presents a landscape view captured in an etching style. The horizon is high in the image, with a line of trees in the distance marking the edge of the riverbank. A river winds through the scene, bordered by rocks and trees with detailed foliage, prominent on the right side. The color palette is monochromatic using shades of black on a white background.
National Gallery of Art · Print
A t Pontchéry, Isère (A Pontcheruy , Isère, vue d’une chute d’eau)
Louis Hector François Allemand
- Date
- 1857
- Medium
- etching and drypoint on tan laid paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 15.8 × 28.7 cm (6 1/4 × 11 5/16 in.) sheet: 19.8 × 32.1 cm (7 13/16 × 12 5/8 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2020.149.7
- Credit line
- Gift of James A. Bergquist, Boston, in honor of Shelley R.Langdale
- Time span
- 1851 to 1875
- Department
- CG-E
Provenance
(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); gift to NGA, 2020.
Inscription
verso, in graphite: [not deciphered] Carpenter Director des / [not deciphered] des Estampes a Londres m'a / Ecrit dans la [not deiphered] mes / estampes [not deciphered] / a un [not deciphered] mon nom / Mr [not deciphered] le famous / Connaisseur conservator des estampes / d'amsterdam m'a Ecrit. Il y a [not deciphered] / de [not deicphered Mr. Emil Forster / qui sont a amsterdam et qu'il / [not deiphered] aux amateurs sont / [not deciphered] qui sont de la Famille / de leurs. [not deciphered] du XVII / et les plus [not deciphered agreeables qu'il [not deiphered / si non e vero, Bene trovato; BER. 56
Watermarks
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