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Entrance to Harbor—Moonlight

Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts | CC0 1.0

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Date

1881

Artist

David Johnston Kennedy (1817-1898)

Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Image Link

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11305

Description

This picture was made at a time when highly ﬁnished drawings in black and white had begun to appeal to connoisseurs. Kennedy essentially rendered this image in pencil on the gray gouache ground covering the paper. He then produced highlights by scratching the ground to reveal the white paper beneath, producing the glow of the moon, the luminous filigree of clouds, the watery reflections and foamy surf, and the glints of light on sails, a lighthouse, and coastal rocks. The richness of the virtually monochromatic image is undoubtedly enhanced by nearly invisible small touches of orange and green pastel, applied on the foreground sand and the lapping water. Medium: watercolor, gouache, graphite, pastel, and sgraffito on white wove paper coated with gray gouache.

Image Licence

CC0 1.0

Image Credit

Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts

Location

USA

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Tags

Beaches
Cliffs
Coasts
Lighthouses
Ships

Category

Travel & Transport

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