Dark etching of two windmills and low buildings silhouetted against a pale sky, with hatched shadows across the foreground water.

Evening: Windmills by a Waterway, Etching

A loosely drawn etching shows a dark silhouette of two windmills and low buildings along a flat horizon, with rough hatched strokes forming the shadowy ground and water below. The pale sky and paper margin leave the scene open and atmospheric. The print is mounted on a larger sheet of cream paper with a signature in the lower left.

Artist: John Henry Twachtman
Date: 1881
Medium: Etching on China paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1208 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1881).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection

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