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Sketches at Home and Abroad: Falls of Terni

1830

James Duffield Harding

(British, 1798–1863)
published by

Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, London

Culture
England, 19th century
Medium
lithograph with tint stone
Measurements
Sheet: 39.2 x 27.9 cm (15 7/16 x 11 in.); Image: 39.2 x 27.9 cm (15 7/16 x 11 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John Bonebrake 2012.274
Catalogue raisonné
Abbey 29:6
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

A watercolor painter and printmaker, Harding was one of the best-known artists of his day in England. A popular instructor, he taught poetry of landscape painting, admonishing his students to "produce as near a likeness to Nature, in every respect, as the instrument, or material employed, will admit of; not so much by bonâ fide imitation, as by reviving in the mind those ideas which are awakened by a contemplation of Nature . . . The renewal of those feelings constitutes the true purpose of Art." Harding began to draw on colored paper in 1830 and copied this effect in lithography by utilizing a second stone printed in gray or ocher. Unlike the drawings, however, the color in the prints is not merely a background for the design but is an active element in it. To achieve an appearance of wash and delicate effects, Harding worked with the leading lithographic printer in London at the time, Charles Hullmandel, who improved and developed many new printing techniques.
A vertically oriented lithograph with tint stone depicts a mountainous landscape in gray tones with two waterfalls. Jagged cliffs curve inward on both sides, a small building perched atop the peak on the right. In the foreground, a fallen tree trunk rests near a cascading stream. In the distance, a larger waterfall descends vertically through pale mist. Expressive dashes convey foliage, and sketched handwriting appears on a large rock in the lower left corner.

Sketches at Home and Abroad: Falls of Terni

1830

James Duffield Harding, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, London

(British, 1798–1863)
England, 19th century

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