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A Rainy Day, Cookham

Etcher Ernest Stamp British
After Frederick Walker British
Publisher Seeley & Co. British
1894
Not on view
A woman, boy and dog hurry through a downpour in the Berkshire village of Cookham, with houses lining the road and a horse and cart approaching. The composition derives from a watercolour of ca. 1871 (Victoria and Albert Museum), and an impression of the print was shown at the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 1894. Stamp manipulated his medium in masterly fashion to convey the misty dampness and muted tonality of the subject.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Rainy Day, Cookham
  • Etcher: Ernest Stamp (British, Sowerby, Yorkshire 1869–1942 Shoreham-by-Sea)
  • Artist: After Frederick Walker (British, London 1840–1875 Perthshire, Scotland)
  • Publisher: Seeley & Co. (London)
  • Date: 1894
  • Medium: Etching; proof
  • Dimensions: Plate: 5 7/8 × 10 11/16 in. (14.9 × 27.1 cm)
    Sheet: 8 9/16 × 13 3/4 in. (21.7 × 35 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Donato Esposito, in memory of Dr. Lee MacCormick Edwards, 2014
  • Object Number: 2014.545.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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