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A town on an estuary at low tide

1868
Not on view
This light-filled watercolor describes figures and boats in an estuary near a port at low tide. An exposed sandbank occupies the center foreground, with wooden pilings extending down to the water. Duncan was a marine painter, watercolorist and illustrator who also made etchings and lithographs, studied aquatint with Robert William Havell, and established his own engraving business.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A town on an estuary at low tide
  • Artist: Edward Duncan (British, London 1803–1882 London)
  • Date: 1868
  • Medium: Watercolor with gum arabic, over graphite, heightened with touches of gouache (bodycolor)
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 17 11/16 x 24 in. (45 x 61 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, 2013
  • Object Number: 2013.72
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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