Accession Code: wu0387w Title: Nets Drying Date completed: Medium: Etching Material: Etching Height (mm): 570 Width (mm): 709 Depth (mm): n/a Inscription: Signed Charles Bartlett, pencil lower right. Inscribed with title. Numbered 100/150 Location Name: University House Location Description: Location Floor: 1

In Nets Drying, the artist has limited his colours to reds, yellows, browns and blacks. The form of the boat is simplified into a compact shape from which the lines of the nets extend.

Etching and aquatint are both known as 'intaglio' printmaking processes in which designs are cut into metal plates by using different resistant grounds and acid. Ink sits in the acid etched cuts and is forced out by the pressure of a press to create the printed image on paper. Etching produces lines whereas aquatint produces areas of tone. The processes may be used in combination on the same plate and manipulated to give a subtle range of marks and effects with different qualities of line and tone.