Dundee Art Galleries & Museum: 272-1987-287
Artist: Slocombe, Edward
Date: 1880 (Approx.)
State: 1/1
Size: 17.5 x 23.5 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 Dee emerges from the Wells of Dee in the Cairngorms before flowing into the North Sea at Aberdeen. The Garcahry and Larig Burns meet close to the river’s source. This dramatic and atmospheric landscape illustrates the fascination with the romance of the Scottish landscape prevalent in the 19th century. The location is not too far from the Royal residence at Balmoral. Slocombe usually populated his etchings with figures boating or fishing but in this case only deer witness the artist at work. |
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