MARINE SCENE Holland Seashore Boats Light Breeze Beach

Description: Print Specifics: Type of print: Steel engraving - Original antique printYear of printing: not indicated in the print. Actual: 1852 Original artist - Engraver: Calcott - BentleyPublisher: Printed by Geo. Virtue, LondonCondition: 1-2 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). Light brownish spots in blank margins.Dimensions: 9 x 12 inches (23 x 30 cm), including blank margins (borders) around the image. Paper weight (thickness): 1-2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin) Reverse side: BlankNotes: 1. Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. 2. Print detail is sharper than the photo of the print. Original Narrative: If the value of this picture be reckoned by its size, a very low estimate would be placed upon it, for the work itself is no larger than our engraving; but it is a little gem, exhibiting all the best qualities which a connoisseur would look for in a picture, and greatly resembling in character the works of some of the old Dutch painters, the younger W. Van de Velde, for instance, but more especially the marine views of Ruysdael. The painting exhibits a very effective arrangement of light and shade. The coloring is beautifully transparent. But Callcott was no copyist, though in this instance he seems to have had in his “ mind’s eye ” the works of another; indeed, it is not improbable that the picture was composed out of materials gathered from the sources alluded to, inasmuch as the artist would not have painted a sea-shore in Holland as it is here represented, had he adhered to his own peculiar style; all his pictures of Dutch scenery that we recollect partaking more or less of those qualities of tran¬ quillity and of classic feeling which distinguish his English and Italian landscapes. This, on the contrary, is strictly Dutch in its composition and treatment; it is painted with a rich hnpasto of colouring, but beautifully transparent in its tones, and with the most delicate finish. There is a very effective arrangement of fight and shade in the original, which could not easily be translated into black and white, owing to the absence of any quantity of high fights ; but, by the skill of the engraver, the print comes out in a most sparkling and brilliant manner. Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998.Five-star service.

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