On the Ourthe
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

On the Ourthe

Cameron, David Young, Sir, 1865-1945 · 1907

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

On the bank of the Ourthe is the ruined castle of Amblève, associated with the medieval legend of the Quatre Fils Aymon, and with William de la Marck, the 'Wild Boar of the Ardennes,' whose exploits are vividly described in 'Quentin Durward.' After shadowing of water across immediate foreground, before additional work in front of central foreground bank, on hill to extreme left, in upper left sky, and elsewhere.

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