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A landscape with two sailboats moored along the shore.
Mouth of the Seine
A landscape with two sailboats moored along the shore.
A landscape with two sailboats moored along the shore.
Mouth of the Seine, John Henry Twachtman, 1884-1889, etching on paper, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

Mouth of the Seine

Date1884 - 1889
Mediumetching on paper
DimensionsPlate: 3 3/16 × 4 1/2 inches (8.1 × 11.4 cm)
Matte: 16 × 20 inches (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Diane and Ervin Houston.
Object number2014.1.1
On View
Not on view
CopyrightThe images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextJohn Henry Twachtman was one of many artists who embraced printmaking as a form of original artistic expression in the late 19th century as part of a movement known as the Etching Revival. Here, he reimagines the composition of his oil painting by the same title (1942.6) in the simplified, monochromatic medium of etching.
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