1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Rectory Wall (Le mur du presbytere) is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a quiet country scene with a stone wall, trees, and a small house in the background. A person is leaning against the wall, looking down at a sheep lying on the ground. The drawing is mostly in black and white, with quick, sketchy lines that give it a rough, hand-drawn feel. The artist used a technique called drypoint to create this image, which lets them make fine, detailed lines. The sheep and person are drawn simply, but the textures of the wall and trees are more detailed. Look up drypoint to see how artists use it to make prints like this one.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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