Front of the New Mills
1813
- Medium
- etching
- Dimensions
- 38.5 × 55.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-207735
Crome's work epitomizes the essence of British landscape art at the beginning of the 19th century, the moment of its greatest flowering. Rooted in an almost mystical commmunion with nature, the artist's purpose was to express the true naturalism of landscape, a realism of light, air, and weather not seen before. He became interested in etching because he understood its potential for spontaneity, yet he feared his etchings would not be admired because they were, by conventional standards, unfinished and sketchy. In fact, it is precisely the freedom of line, lack of rigidity, and open silvery q…
Provenance
Severance Fund, 1996.227
Registry history
- 1813 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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