Nithsdale 

David Young Cameron's 'Nithsdale' is a drawing of the Scottish countryside, made with watercolor and graphite. Cameron was part of the British etching revival, centered on London but with outposts in Scotland. The etching revival was bound up with the Arts and Crafts movement. It valued craft skills over industrial processes. Etching societies and journals sprang up, and demand for original prints rose. The revival gave artists a way to make a living outside the Royal Academy system. Cameron was prolific in landscape etching, sentimentalizing the Scottish landscape, which was a popular trend at the time. To interpret an artwork, one can look at exhibition reviews or auction records, which are useful resources for understanding its reception. The art market and exhibition venues are key institutions that shape an artist's career. In this case, they reveal a taste for picturesque landscape.