Old Cottage
1807
19th century
22.7 cm x 31 cm (8 15/16 in. x 12 3/16 in.)
Henry Bellenden Ker
(England [?], 1785 - 1871)
Primary
Object Type:
print
Artist Nationality:
Europe, English
Medium and Support:
Pen lithograph
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, purchase from the Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, 1998
Accession Number:
1998.409
Some of the earliest artistic lithographs and most of those produced in England, were rendered with a conventional pen and dilute ink. These closely resemble drawings, but reveal no variation in density or luster of their blacks. Ker’s Cottage is an especially articulate and well printed example.