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Blacksmith's Shop, Near Hingham, Norfolk

Artist and engraver Walter Monteith Aikman American
After John Crome British
1912
Not on view
A leader of the Norwich School (artists based in that Norfolk town who developed a distinct local style), Crome worked in oils, watercolors, and as a drawing master and etcher. This early 20th-century wood engraving reproduces an oil painting of ca. 1808, now at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, centered on rustic buildings housing a blacksmithery. Created for the American market, the print demonstrates Crome's long-lived popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Blacksmith's Shop, Near Hingham, Norfolk
  • Artist and engraver: Walter Monteith Aikman (American, New York 1857–1939)
  • Artist: After John Crome (British, Norwich 1768–1821 Norwich)
  • Date: 1912
  • Medium: Wood engraving
  • Dimensions: Image: 6 11/16 × 5 1/8 in. (17 × 13 cm)
    Sheet: 11 1/2 × 9 1/4 in. (29.2 × 23.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.39
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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