1851
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Canards is a 1851 ink by Karl Bodmer, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows a quiet pond surrounded by thick trees and bushes. A duck sits in the water with its wings slightly spread, while two ducklings swim nearby. The background has a small bridge or path leading into the greenery, and the whole scene looks calm and shaded. The artist used a scratchy, textured style to draw the plants and water, making everything look detailed but a little rough. This was a common way to make prints back then. Next, look up lithography to see how artists like this one created prints like this.
Johann Carl Bodmer (11 February 1809 – 30 October 1893) was a Swiss-French printmaker, etcher, lithographer, zinc engraver, draughtsman, painter, illustrator, and hunter.
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