1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Fire in the Hamlet (L'incendie du hameau) is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This engraving shows a chaotic fire burning in a small village. Two people in the foreground struggle—one reaches upward, the other clutches a bundle. Smoke swirls around a house in flames, while animals scatter in the distance. The artist used sharp lines to show panic and movement, typical of how Romanticism handled drama. The technique here is called drypoint, where the artist scratches directly into the metal plate. Next, look up technique: drypoint to see how it creates these intense textures.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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