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The Wood-cutters

Sir Hubert von Herkomer British, born Germany
Printer Chardon French
1880
Not on view
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Wood-cutters
  • Artist: Sir Hubert von Herkomer (British, Waal, Bavaria 1849–1914 Budleigh Salterton, Devon)
  • Printer: Chardon (Paris)
  • Publisher: The Printsellers' Association, London (British, established 1847)
  • Date: 1880
  • Medium: Etching and rocker on chine collé; proof
  • Dimensions: image: 6 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. (15.9 x 38.7 cm)
    sheet: 14 x 19 15/16 in. (35.6 x 50.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Herman H. Lowenstein, 1973
  • Object Number: 1973.630.15
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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