# Road Scene, Heathersett

- By: John Crome (English, 1768-1821)
- Date: 1812
- Medium: Etching on China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
- Classification: Print
- 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
- Credit line: Everett D. Graff Memorial Fund
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/27897)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/7157fa7d5b077571256547918659af4d.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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