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Washington Crossing the Delaware

Name: Washington Crossing The Delaware | Stephen Farthing
Brand: RoGallery
SKU: 80041

Stephen Farthing

$1,150

English (1950)

Date: 2004
Etching, signed in pencil
Edition of BAT
Image Size: 16 x 38 inches
Size: 20.5 x 42 in. (52.07 x 106.68 cm)

$1,150

Unframed

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about Washington Crossing the Delaware

This etching by Stephen Farthing depicts a blurrier version of the famous painting of the same name by Emanuel Leutze.

Figures are obscured behind inky blobs of gray and ice chunks that were once luminous and clear and here recreated with simple white cubes. The only thing that stands out is the flag in the center of the composition, which Farthing decided to keep in traditional red, white, and blue. This etching is signed in pencil.

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About The Artist: Stephen Farthing

Stephen Farthing studied at St Martin’s School of Art, London (1969-73) before taking his Masters Degree in Painting at the Royal College of Art, London (1973-76). Here he was awarded an Abbey Major Scholarship, taking him to The British School at Rome for a year from 1976. . His teaching career began as a Lecturer in Painting at Canterbury College of Art (1977-79), after which he was a Tutor in painting at the Royal College of Art, London...

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About The Medium: Etching

The printing process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In traditional pure etching, a metal (usually copper, zinc or steel) plate is covered with a waxy ground which is resistant to acid. The artist then scratches off the ground with a pointed etching needle where they want a line to appear in the finished piece, exposing the bare metal. The plate is then put through a high-pressure printing press together with a sheet of paper (often moistened to soften it). The paper picks up the ink from the etched lines, making a print.

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