Swedish Town of Visby
1930
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View on museum website →Medium
etching
Dimensions
Image: 195 x 223 mm Sheet: 233 x 276 mm
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.1891
Art Historical Context
**Swedish Town of Visby***Frances M. Foy, 1930* Etching; image: 195 × 223 mm (7 11/16 × 8 3/4 in.), sheet: 233 × 276 mm (9 3/16 × 10 7/8 in.) Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Re and Dave Williams, National Gallery of Art, Washington CG-W.18.305 Step into the charming medieval streets of Visby, Sweden's UNESCO-listed Hanseatic gem on the island of Gotland, as captured in Frances M. Foy's delicate 1930 etching. This intimate print (just under 8 by 9 inches) evokes the town's iconic cobblestone lanes, Gothic walls, and timbered houses, frozen in time during the interwar era when ...