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Vuurtoren (Hindeloopen), Friesland

Print
1892 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etching of a sloped landscape with a lighthouse and a body of water to the far right of the print. Several windmills and the outline of buildings are in the background.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleVuurtoren (Hindeloopen), Friesland (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching on paper.
Brief description
Etching by Sir Frank Short, "Vuurtoren (Hindeloopen), Friesland. The Netherlands, ca. 1880-1919.
Physical description
Etching of a sloped landscape with a lighthouse and a body of water to the far right of the print. Several windmills and the outline of buildings are in the background.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
  • Width: 7 7/8in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
Marks and inscriptions
Signed S (on shield). Inscribed Vuurtoren Friesland Four foot of water over bar 1892 In pencil Frank Short. (Inscription from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
Credit line
Presented by the Artist in memory of his son, Captain Francis Leslie Short, who died on Active Service, on June 3, 1916.
Subject depicted
Places depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection
Accession number
E.2473-1919

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