Italian Hill Town / William Morgan
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.138
- Title
- Italian Hill Town
- Artist
- William Morgan
- Artist Nationality
- British
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1903
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1928
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- United Kingdom (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United Kingdom (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Colton Storm
- Inscription
- Signed and dated: William.E.C.Morgan.1928. Watermark: DAVID STRANG
- Dimensions
- 15.1 cm x 18.7 cm (5 15/16 in. x 7 3/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- intaglio print
- Physical Description
- In the center and right foreground, taking up most of the scene, are clustered buildings with tiled roofs, casting large dark shadows. In the background, at the upper left portion, the hillside can be seen, depicted by trees and a river that cuts through diagonally. In the upper left-most portion, the geometric shapes of plowed fields can be seen.
- Subject Matter
- Depiction of an Italian hillside town.
- Secondary Keywords
- scale
- upward
- buildings and the land
- europe (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- modern and contemporary art
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- settlements
- settlements and landscapes
- settlements by form
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 985 x 801
- File Size
- 113 KB
- Record
- 1949/1.138
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1949-sl-1.138/1949_1.138.jpg
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"Italian Hill Town; William Morgan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1949-sl-1.138/1949_1.138.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 04, 2024.