The towing path

The towing path
 1864

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
drypoint and etching on buff paper
Measurements
14.0 × 21.5 cm (plate) 16.7 × 24.2 cm (sheet) 27.8 × 35.5 cm (support)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Schneiderman 72 vi/xvi; Harrington 76 i/ii
Edition
6th of 16 states
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: Seymour Haden 1864
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: Hampton Court
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Seymour Haden
Accession Number
P39-1986
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Alister Brass, 1986
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
capes (outerwear) dog (species) riverbanks riverine landscapes towpaths trees women (female humans)

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