1851
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Etudes is a 1851 ink by Karl Bodmer, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows birds near water. The top picture has a person standing with ducks and geese around them. The bottom picture shows three ducks walking in shallow water. Everything is drawn in black lines with no color. The artist used a method called lithography. This means the drawing was made on a smooth stone, then printed. Look up lithography next to see how it works.
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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