Boy Reading
1854
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1854
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The painting shows a boy sitting at a table, reading a book. He's focused on the pages, not looking up. The boy's pose and the simple setting make this a quiet scene. The artist used simple lines and shading to create the boy's face and clothes. This drawing was made with pen and brown ink on paper, which was a common technique back then. You can learn more about this style by looking into the technique: cross-hatching.
![Shepard Alonzo Mount, Age Twenty-Three [recto]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/adf0b3e0763f0137/thumb.webp)
