1874
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Little Burner of Grass (Le petit bruleur d'herbe) is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a quiet, misty scene with a small wooden hut and a few trees. A person is sitting by the water’s edge, maybe gathering plants or resting. The ground looks damp, and the whole scene feels cool and still, like a foggy morning. The artist used fine lines to show texture—notice how the bark on the tree and the thatch on the roof look almost real. This kind of careful shading is called *drypoint*, where the artist scratches directly into the metal plate. Next, check out etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how artists create these detailed prints.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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