1868
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Smoking Strictly Prohibited is a 1868 by Horace Harral, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows two people sitting close together in a dim room. The person on the right wears a top hat and holds a pipe, while the person on the left has a book or paper in their lap. The lines are rough and scratchy, giving everything a hurried, sketchy feel. The artist used quick, loose strokes to show movement and mood instead of perfect details. This style was common in late 1800s drawings meant to capture real-life moments fast. Check out Realism to see more works that focus on everyday scenes like this one.
Horace Downey Harral was a British wood-engraver, etcher and photographer. He was a pupil of John Orrin Smith and later joined him as a partner in an engraving firm. Harral produced prints of many Pre-Raphaelite…
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