1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Thatched Cottage (Chaumiere) is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a simple thatched-roof house with a tree in front. The walls look rough, and the roof is made of straw. Scraggly bushes and dry grass fill the foreground, drawn with quick, scratchy lines. The artist used a mix of etching and drypoint to create the texture—those lines are all made by scratching into the plate before inking. It feels rough and fast, like a quick study. Want to see more of this style? Look up etching, drypoint, aquatint.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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