1921
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Church Tower, Portsmouth is a 1921 ink by Childe Hassam, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a quiet town by the water. A church tower stands tall in the middle, with smaller buildings around it. Trees line the streets, and a boat floats on the river below. The lines are loose and quick, like a sketchbook doodle. The artist used a method called etching to make this print. That means they scratched into a metal plate and dipped it in ink, then pressed paper on top. Next, look up etching to see how it works.
Frederick Childe Hassam was an American Impressionist painter, noted for his urban and coastal scenes.
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