1861
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Title Frontispiece for the Album: The Boat Trip is a 1861 by Charles François Daubigny, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This is a black-and-white print showing a small boat floating on a river, surrounded by tall reeds and wild plants. The water has gentle ripples, and the boat looks simple, with a few people inside. Above the scene, the words *"Voyage en Bateau"* and *"Croquis à l'Eau Forte"* are written in fancy script, along with the name *Daubigny* and the year *1862*. The print is actually the cover for a sketchbook of river trips, made using a technique called *etching*—where artists scratch into a metal plate to create lines. The artist focused on everyday nature, not fancy landscapes. Next, look up etching to see how this print was made.
Charles-François Daubigny ( DOH-bin-yee, US: DOH-been-YEE, doh-BEEN-yee, French: ; 15 February 1817 – 19 February 1878) was a French painter, one of the members of the Barbizon school, and is considered an important precursor of impressionism.
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