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The Great Western

Name: The Great Western
Brand: RoGallery
SKU: 46572

Joseph Walter

$3,500

English (1783–1856)

Date: 1840
Aquatint Etching
Size: 18 in. x 27 in. (45.72 cm x 68.58 cm)
Frame Size: 28 x 36 inches

$3,500

Framed

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About The Artist: Joseph Walter

Joseph Walter (1783–1856) was an English marine painter in oils and watercolour, working at Bristol and Portishead. He gained notice for his portrayals of Brunel's steamships Great Western and Great Britain. Walter was born in Bristol and died there, but was living in Portishead at the time that he exhibited his first known work, View from Portishead towards Wales (1832). This was at the Bristol Institution in 1832, in the first exhibition...

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About The Medium: Aquatint

An etching process in which tone is created by treating a plate with fine particles of acid resistant material (like powder resin) and then placing the plate in an acid bath. The acid bites into the plate between the grains of resin and when printed, the mass of tiny spots produces a textured area with tonal effects similar to watercolor wash.

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