Washington's Headquarters near Valley Forge

About this work

This sketch shows a small, plain building with a porch and a few windows. A big tree with thick branches hangs over the front, blocking the sky. The ground is covered in short, scratchy-looking grass. The lines are all rough and uneven, like they were drawn fast. The artist used a technique called drypoint to make the lines. It’s a way to carve into a metal plate to create texture. Look up etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how this kind of printmaking works.