Original etching by David Law of the village of Dittisham on the banks of the River Dart in Devon: the thatched houses beside the water, the beached boats and a sail out on the estuary. Signed in the copperplate and published as a separate sheet by the Magazine of Art of London.
Original etching by David Law of the village of Dittisham on the banks of the River Dart in Devon: the thatched houses beside the water, the beached boats and a sail out on the estuary. Signed in the copperplate and published as a separate sheet by the Magazine of Art of London.
David Law, trained as a steel engraver and later a cartographer with the Ordnance Survey, came late to etching and became a founding member of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers. The Magazine of Art carried each year an original etching by a leading British artist.
Medium: Etching on wove paper
Artist / after: David Law (1831-1901)
Date: circa 1890
Source: Magazine of Art, London
Dimensions: 11.9 x 8.6 in (30.2 x 21.8 cm)
Condition: Good, with a light wrinkle in the lower margin.