1861
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Shepherdess is a 1861 ink by Adolphe Appian, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white drawing shows a person in a wide-brimmed hat standing on a grassy hill. They hold a stick in one hand and a small dog on a leash in the other. Below them, a sheep grazes near a fence, and a small village sits in the distance. The artist used fine lines to show light and texture, like the folds in the person’s clothes or the waves in the grass. This kind of detailed linework is key in *etching*. Look up etching to see how artists like this create prints with acid and metal plates.
Adolphe Appian (born as Jacques Barthelemy Adolphe Appian; 28 August 1819 – 29 April 1898) was a French landscape painter and etcher.
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