Artwork
Dalsjed
Dalsjed is a print by the Romanticist artist Edward Price. It dates from 1834 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
Dalsjed is a print from the 1834 book of the same name by Edward Price, featuring 21 prints with accompanying text, bound in brown leather.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts a dramatic, rugged mountain valley with steep cliffs, a turbulent river, distant waterfall, and grazing sheep, evoking the power of nature, characteristic of the Romanticism movement's emphasis on emotional expression through landscape.
Technique & Style
The artist employed fine lines to convey texture, rendering sharp, jagged rocks and wild, foamy water, consistent with 19th-century artistic techniques that highlighted nature's intensity.
History & Provenance
Originally part of the extensive Lennox-Boyd collection of British mezzotints and decorative arts, Dalsjed was acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2015 through an inheritance tax arrangement.
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Artist & collection
Artist
Edward Price was a British printmaker in the early 1800s who etched Norwegian landscapes from a trip in 1834.
