1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
View of a Farm (La ferme de Valoux) is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a lonely farmhouse tucked behind a thicket of trees and bushes. The lines are scratchy and dark, almost like the artist pressed hard with a needle. Light fades in the distance, leaving the house half-hidden. The artist used a sharp tool to carve tiny grooves into the metal plate—this is how the lines hold ink. It’s a way to make marks that feel both rough and precise. Next, look up etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how artists create these 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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