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Road Scene, Heathersett
John Crome (English, 1768-1821)
1812
- Medium
- Etching on China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
- Classification
- Dimensions
- Image: 16 × 15 cm (6 5/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Sheet: 16.7 × 15.5 cm (6 5/8 × 6 1/8 in.); Secondary support: 23.4 × 24.3 cm (9 1/4 × 9 5/8 in.)
- Culture
- England
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Everett D. Graff Memorial Fund
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
Influenced by the Romantic poet William Wordsworth and by Dutch landscape painters, John Crome’s affinity for nature translated into etchings that held a preeminent place in the development of English landscape art. He embraced a spontaneous approach to the medium, using lines very sparingly to convey the calm light and quiet atmosphere of the English countryside.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
