Victims of the Lightning (Victimes de la foudre)
1874
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1874
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
You see a dramatic scene of people affected by a lightning strike. It's a dark and moody image. The artist used etching and drypoint to create this work, which is a technique that involves scratching a design into a metal plate, and it gives the image a lot of texture and depth, similar to what you see in works by artist Legros, Alphonse.
