The Derwent: Cromford Bridge

Dundee Art Galleries & Museum: 272-1987-293

Artist: Slocombe, Edward

Date: 1880 (Approx.)

State: 1/1

Size: 17.5 x 23.2 cm

Medium: Etching

Details Etching. All the Slocombe’s etchings are brown ink on wove, or possibly India, paper.

The mount states all 12 belong to the 12 part series titled Rivers of the East Coast. Only 200 sets were published.

Signed artist’s proof; bottom left in graphite ‘Edward Slocombe’.

Description The River Derwent, in Derbyshire, flows from the Peak District to Derby where it joins the River Trent. Just beyond the river, looking west, can be seen the Church of St Mary’s, Cromford. The bridge, now a Grade II listed building, still runs across the river from Cromford’s Mill Road.
References
  1. Rodney K. Engen, Dictionary of Victorian Engravers, Print Publishers and Their Works. Cambridge, Chadwyck-Heley, 1979
  2. Kenneth M. Guichard, British Etchers 1850-1940. London, Robin Garton Ltd., 1977