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Eel Boats (1875-1918)

Edgar M. Wilson

etching on thin paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Eel Boats (1875-1918)

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Print

Materials:

Paper

Physical Object Description:

A Dutch eel barge moored on the River Thames in foreground at left, three more at right approached by a rowing boat. Inscribed in graphite below image with the title and 'Edgar Wilson 16 XX'.

Technique:

Etching

Dimensions:

7.7 x 13.2 cm

Accession Number:

1948,0710.35

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1948

Scheme:

S. E. Thornton Bequest (1938-1945)

Ownership history:

Bequeathed by S. E. Thornton (-1942) to the Contemporary Art Society; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1948

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London S. E. Thornton

Subject:

Harbour, Boats, River Thames

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Artist Bio

Edgar M. Wilson
Eel Boats (1875-1918)

Artworks by Edgar M. Wilson

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