On the Hill Side (Our English Coasts, 1852), from "The Art Journal"
Cousen's engraving is based on Holman Hunt's picture which was first exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 1853 as "Our English Coasts, 1852" (Tate Britain). In 1855 the painting was shown in Paris as "Strayed Sheep" and admired by Eugène Delacroix who made glowing note of it in his diary. Sketched at Fairlight, near Hastings, the carefully observed landscape has several elements that betray contemporary political and religious issues of the time. One of these was renewed English anxiety at a possible French invasion following Emperor Napoléon III's seizure of power in 1851. The print was first published in the London-based periodical "The Art Journal" in October 1877 simply titled "On the Hill Side."
Artwork Details
- Title: On the Hill Side (Our English Coasts, 1852), from "The Art Journal"
- Artist: After William Holman Hunt (British, London 1827–1910 London)
- Engraver: Charles Cousen (British, Horton, Bradford 1815–1889 Weston-super-Mare)
- Publisher: Virtue & Co.
- Date: 1877
- Medium: Etching and engraving on chine collé; proof
- Dimensions: Image: 7 in. × 9 13/16 in. (17.8 × 24.9 cm)
Sheet: 10 9/16 × 14 1/4 in. (26.8 × 36.2 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
- Object Number: 63.648.14
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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