1821
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Boy Returning Joyfully with Plough and Oxen is a 1821 ink by William Blake, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This small black-and-white image shows three people and two oxen walking together. The scene looks like a farm at dusk, with a low moon in the sky. The lines are sharp and detailed, creating shadows and texture. The artist used a method called *cross-hatching*—lots of crisscrossed lines—to build up dark and light areas. This makes the oxen and people look solid even though there’s no color. Look up more about engraving to see how artists create prints like this.
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter and printmaker.
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