Stirling from Kinneil
1776
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paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
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of Eldin, John Clerk
Clerk, of Eldin, John (1765–1775) was an artist.
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Stirling from Kinneil is a 1776 ink by of Eldin, John Clerk, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows a quiet river winding through a landscape. On the left, a big tree stands near the water’s edge. In the middle, a small building with a dome sits among trees, and farther back, a town stretches along a hillside. The sky is light, with faint clouds, and the whole scene feels calm. The artist used a technique called etching, where lines are scratched into metal before inking. This lets them create fine details and soft shading with gray wash. Next, look up etching to see how artists make prints like this.
Clerk, of Eldin, John (1765–1775) was an artist.
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