Fantastic Flowers with Peapod Leaves
1795
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
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Anne Allen
Anne Allen (1749–1770) was a British artist, born in United Kingdom.
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ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Fantastic Flowers with Peapod Leaves is a 1795 ink by Anne Allen, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows a strange, dreamy bouquet of flowers and leaves. The petals are bright gold, purple, and pink, while the leaves look like peapods—long, flat, and slightly fuzzy. Some flowers have tiny dots inside their centers, and the stems twist around each other. The background is just a pale green paper, so the colors really pop. The artist used a special way of printing called *inking à la poupée*, which lets them layer colors smoothly. This technique makes the flowers look almost real, even though they’re not quite like any plant you’d see in nature. Next, look up technique: etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how artists like this one made their prints.
Anne Allen (1749–1770) was a British artist, born in United Kingdom.
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