Newark Castle n.d.

drawing, print, etching, paper

drawing

toned paper

water colours

print

etching

charcoal drawing

possibly oil pastel

paper

charcoal art

carved into stone

underpainting

watercolour bleed

watercolour illustration

watercolor

"Newark Castle" is a 19th-century etching by John Clerk of Eldin, a Scottish lawyer, scientist and artist, now in the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago. The artwork depicts a detailed, romantic view of a crumbling castle ruin set in a wooded landscape, using dramatic shading and contrasting light to highlight the details of the scene. This type of landscape engraving was popular in 18th and 19th-century Britain, often capturing the picturesque charm of rural life and its historical remnants.