Location: Paris, France
Subject: Streetscape
Medium: Etching
Date: 1920s
Signature: Knighton Hammond
Dimensions: 22 cm x 26 cm
This etching of the Pont Neuf over the Seine in Paris shows the technical virtuosity of Knighton-Hammond’s draughtsmanship. There is documentary accuracy in the artist’s mastery of urban streetscapes and emblematic architecture. The hatching provides linear form description. The clusters of figures, which are deep in conversation, show human stories are being told.