Coming from St. Ives Market
Medium
Etching; proof
Dimensions
Plate: 8 1/4 × 13 3/8 in. (21 × 34 cm) Sheet: 9 1/2 × 14 1/2 in. (24.1 × 36.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Donato Esposito, 2019
Accession Number
2019.279.8
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Coming from St. Market** (1878) is a charming etching proof created by British artists Robert Walker Macbeth and Walter Dowdeswell. print depicts a bustling rural procession returning from the market in St. Ives—likely the picturesque Cornish fishing town—featuring women and men herding sheep, accompanied by horses and dogs. The scene vividly captures the rhythms of 19th-century English countryside life, blending human activity with the natural world in a moment of everyday camaraderie. As an etching proof, this work showcases the meticulous technique of the medium: etched into a metal plat...
About the Artist
Robert Walker Macbeth|Charles Walter Dowdeswell (British, Scottish|British) · 1848 |1832 –1910 |1915
British, Glasgow, Scotland 1848–1910 London|British, 1832–1915