1854
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
View Near Rome is a 1854 ink by George Loring Brown, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white print shows a quiet hillside with a few scattered sheep grazing. In the middle distance, a small village clings to the mountainside, with a tall tower rising above the rooftops. The foreground has a lone tree, its branches bare, standing next to rocky outcrops and patches of grass. Notice how the artist used fine lines to show texture—sheep’s wool, the rough bark of the tree, even the folds of the distant hills. This kind of detail is key to *etching*, a printmaking method where metal plates are scratched with needles. Want to learn more? Check out how *etching* works.
George Loring Brown was born in Boston on February 2, 1814, and began his career apprenticed to the wood engraver Alonzo Hartwell, later working as an illustrator of children's books.
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