Rainy Night in Rome
Muirhead Bone
1913
Medium
drypoint in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 30.4 x 22.7 cm (11 15/16 x 8 15/16 in.) sheet: 40.5 x 28.2 cm (15 15/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner
Accession Number
1991.116.22
About the Artist
Muirhead Bone · 1876–1953
Sir Muirhead Bone was born in Glasgow on March 23, 1876, into a world of shipyards and industrial architecture that would profoundly shape his art. He trained initially in architectural draftsmanship before studying at Glasgow School of Art, developing a draughtsman's eye for structure and mass. He began printmaking in 1898, and though his first known print was a lithograph, he became celebrated a...