John Crome

A Composition

John Crome's "A Composition": "In his etchings - for we must regard Crome as an etcher as well as a painter - he dealt chiefly with woodland and river scenes. Nothing can, in its way, be much more perfect than his rendering in etching of the little bits of picturesque beauty that he met with in his daily walks." *

"A Composition" is an original etching by John Crome published in 1838 for "Etchings of Views in Norfolk by the Late John Crome". Catalogue #228, Third of three states with the title, "Composition", added along the lower plate-mark.

# 01.- A Composition

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John Crome (Norwich, 1768 - 1821)
#	Title & Engraver	Medium	Date	-
01-	A Composition by John Crome	Original Etching	c. 1812 - 1813 (Freeman and J. B. Crome Edition, 1838)	Sold
02.-	A Composition: Men and Cows by John Crome	Original Etching	c. 1812 - 1813 (Freeman and J. B. Crome Edition, 1838)	Sold
03.-	At Bawburgh by John Crome	Original Etching	c. 1812 - 1813 (Freeman and J. B. Crome Edition, 1838)	Sold
04.-	At Scoutton by John Crome	Original Etching	c. 1812 - 1813 (Freeman and J. B. Crome Edition, 1838)	Sold
05.-	Deepham, Near Hingham by John Crome	Original Etching	c. 1812 (Freeman and J. B. Crome Edition, 1838)	Available
06.-	Footbridge at Cringleford by John Crome	Original Etching	c. 1812 (Freeman and J. B. Crome Edition, 1838)	Sold
07.-	Gravel Pit, Marlingford by John Crome	Original Etching	c. 1812 (Freeman and J. B. Crome Edition, 1838)	Sold
08.-	Landscape with Wooden Bridge and a Horseman by John Crome	Original Etching	c. 1812 - 1813 (Freeman and J. B. Crome Edition, 1838)	Sold
09.-	Road Scene, Hethersett by John Crome	Original Etching	1812 (Freeman and J. B. Crome Edition, 1838)	Sold

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Title:	A Composition
Artist:	Crome, John (Norwich, 1768 - 1821)
Date:	c. 1812 - 1813 (Freeman and J. B. Crome Edition, 1838)
Medium:	Original Etching
Note:	John Crome is today viewed not only as a most accomplished painter of the famous Norwich School of artists but as a catalyst for the English etching revival of the nineteenth century. Mainly self-taught, Crome began his education by copying the old masters. It was here he first became acquainted with the landscape art of the 17th century Dutch school, and their art, particularly Ruisdael and Hobbema, proved a lifelong inspiration. Crome was a founding member and President of the Norwich Society of Artists (1803) and exhibited frequently at both the Royal Academy and the British Institution.
	In total John Crome created thirty-three etchings in hard and soft grounds, all apparently dating from 1809 to 1813. He did not publish any of his original etchings during his lifetime and printed but a handful of impressions for his friends and fellow artists. These comprise the very rare first states which are almost exclusively in the collections of British public museums. It was not until 1834, thirteen years after Crome's death, that his widow published sets of thirty-one of his etchings in a limited edition of sixty impressions. Originally priced at three guineas a completed set would now fetch many thousands of Pounds. Finally, sometime between 1834 and 1838, the plates were rebitten and sometimes re-worked by Crome's son and others and published in Norwich in 1838 under the title of Etchings of Views in Norfolk by the Late John Crome, Founder of the Norwich Society of Artists. This original etching, entitled A Composition hails from this set.
	Crome's famous landscape art serves as a bridge between the picturesque traditions of the 18th century and the Romantic masterworks of the nineteenth century. In particular, his etchings paved the way for the art of Samuel Palmer, Seymour Haden, Whistler and many others in the latter nineteenth century. Valued for their breath of direct conception and composition, each of his etchings frankly portrays the spirit of nature in all its vitality. Amazingly, all of Crome's most influential etched art was created within a short walk of his Norwich house. The British Museum, London, owns an extensive collection of John Crome's etchings.
Note:	William Freeman was an art dealer, print seller and publisher and a frame-maker. In 1814 he accompanied John Crome to Paris and in 1820 became President of the Norwich Society of Artists. He was also a friend of that other great Norwich artist, John Sell Cotman.
	The business was initiated by William's father, Jeremiah Freeman (active 1792 - 1823). It's premises were at #2 London Street (formerly London Lane) from approx. 1798 to 1850. William Freeman assumed control of the business upon his father's death. William's son, William Freeman junior, also worked in the family business. William Freeman Junior was as well a practising artist. In 1860 he exhibited a landscape painting at the Royal Academy, London.
Source:	Etchings of Views in Norfolk by the Late John Crome
Raisonne:	Norman L. Goldberg, John Crome the Elder, New York, New York University Press, 1978, 2 vols.
	Catalogue #228, Third of three states with the title, "Composition", added along the lower plate-mark.
Reference:	* G. C. Williamson, Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, London, Bell & Sons, 1930, Vol. 1, p. 357.
Size:	6 3/4 6 3/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon early nineteenth century wove paper and with large, full margins as published in Norwich in 1838. Faint foxing is evident only in the margins and not within the actual etching. Else a finely printed impression and in very good condition throughout. A Composition represents a prime, original example of the famous landscape art of John Crome.
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