Sognefjord, Norway (1924)

Edward Louis Lawrenson

colour aquatint with soft-ground etching, printed from three plates, in blue, grey, orange

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Materials:

Paper

Physical Object Description:

Sognefjord; view of enormous mountains above fjord, tiny houses on the shore at left; final state, after dry powder was used. 1924 Colour aquatint with soft-ground etching, printed from three plates, in blue, grey, orange.S igned by artist in pencil in lower margin and edition number "No 3"; on verso with measurements and other numbers, and date "29-1-24" Final state.

Technique:

Aquatint, Etching

Dimensions:

30 x 40.1 cm

Accession Number:

1926,0313.43

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1926

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Prints and Drawings Fund, 1924-26; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1926

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Landscape, Topography

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Edward Louis Lawrenson

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