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Sir Hubert von Herkomer|Chardon|The Printsellers' Association, London

1880 · Etching and rocker on chine collé; proof · Drawings and Prints

Part of the series titled "Modern Artists" that Virtue published 1880–82, this print is based on an 1874 watercolor shown by Herkomer the Exposition Universelle, Paris in 1878. A printed summary report by the United States Commissioners described the drawing as, "workmen turning the trunk of a tree they have felled...admirable in its action and drawing, and very pleasing in its clear gray tones." The costumes place the scene in Bavaria, the German state where Herkomer was born and returned as a young artist to find subjects.

Artist

Sir Hubert von Herkomer|Chardon|The Printsellers' Association, London

Date

1880

Medium

Etching and rocker on chine collé; proof

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Herman H. Lowenstein, 1973