The Deck of a Warship

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

Title

The Deck of a Warship

Place

Denmark (Artist's nationality:)

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1834

Medium

Etching in black on ivory wove paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed lower left corner, in graphite: “CW Eckersberg”; verso, lower right, in graphite: “C.W. Eckersberg / fecit aqua forte”; lower center, in graphite: “Dækket af et Orlogsskib seet forefter / Skibet ligger for Anker i stille Vejr”

Dimensions

Plate: 22.7 × 30 cm (8 15/16 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 29 × 34.9 cm (11 7/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment Fund

Reference Number

2022.56

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