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A Difficult Place
A Difficult Place

A Difficult Place

Artist (British, 1834 - 1894)
Date1871
Mediumetching
DimensionsSheet: 4 7/8 x 8 1/4 in. (12.4 x 21 cm) Platemark: 3 x 4 1/4 in. (7.6 x 10.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael and Hillary Hanson
CultureBritish
PortfolioThe Unknown River
Object numberPC2017.01.115
ClassificationsPrint Collection
DescriptionSelf-portrait of the artist paddling in a canoe, seen from behind. From a series of self-portraits the artist made of his travels on the river Arroux in central France, published in 'The Unknown River: An Etcher's Voyage of Discovery' (London: Seeley, Jackson and Halliday, 1871).

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