Clearing Away the Rubbish
Charles Knight
1811
Medium
Hand-colored etching on paper
Dimensions
Image: 21.8 × 32.9 cm (8 5/8 × 13 in.); Plate: 24.7 × 34.4 cm (9 3/4 × 13 9/16 in.); Sheet: 25.2 × 36.3 cm (9 15/16 × 14 5/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
89859
About the Artist
Charles Knight · 1797–1830
Charles Knight ROI VPRWS (1901–1990) was a British landscape painter and stained-glass artist best remembered for his luminous watercolor paintings of Sussex landscapes. Born on August 27, 1901, Knight entered Brighton College of Art soon after World War I, remaining there for four years under the influential guidance of teacher Louis Ginnett. He subsequently studied for two years at the Royal Aca...