Artwork
Riverboat Man
Riverboat Man is a drawing by the Romanticist artist Daniel Maclise. It dates from 1825 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
Riverboat Man is a drawing by Daniel Maclise, executed in pencil.
Subject & Meaning
The drawing depicts a boatman in profile, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and smoking a pipe, with his hands grasping an oar or possibly a rolled-up item. The background is lightly sketched, hinting at a distant landscape.
Technique & Style
Maclise employed rapid, expressive lines to convey texture and form, utilizing crisscrossed strokes to suggest shading and depth, as seen in the hat's shadow and the folds of the shirt.
Artist & collection
Artist
Daniel Maclise (25 January 1806 – 25 April 1870) was an Irish history painter, literary and portrait painter, and illustrator, who worked for most of his life in London, England.
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