1855
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Bimaculated Duck is a 1855 ink by British 19th Century, a Impressionism work, depicting Duck, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a duck with two black patches near its beak. Its body is brown with white speckles. A green wing patch stands out against the brown. This is a color lithograph from 1855. It’s not a painting—ink was pressed onto paper in layers. The artist used fine lines to show every feather’s edge. Look up lithography next. It’s a way to print art with flat stones and greasy ink.
This artist’s short life left behind a quiet obsession with water—whether the churn of a mill wheel, the choppy waves off England’s south coast, or the way light bounces off pond lilies.
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