A Town on an Estuary at Low Tide, 1868, Watercolor with gum arabic, over graphite, heightened with touches of gouache, Sheet: 17 11/16 x 24 in. (45 x 61 cm), Drawings, Edward Duncan (British, London 1803–1882 London), This light-filled watercolor describes figures and boats in an estuary near a port at low tide. An exposed sandbank occupies the center foreground, with wooden pilings extending down to the water. Duncan was a marine painter, watercolorist and illustrator who also made etchings and lithographs, studied aquatint with Robert William Havell, and established his own engraving business
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Town, Estuary, Low Tide, 1868, Watercolor, gum arabic, graphite, heightened, touches, gouache, Sheet, 17 11/16 x 24, 45 61 cm, Drawings, Edward Duncan, British, London, 1803–1882, light-filled, watercolor, describes, figures, boats, estuary, port, low tide, exposed sandbank, occupies, center foreground, wooden pilings, extending, down, water, Duncan, marine painter, watercolorist, illustrator, etchings, lithographs, studied aquatint, Robert William, Havell, established, own engraving, business
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