Lord Camden
1766
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1766
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
This black-and-white engraving shows a serious-looking man in old-fashioned robes. He’s holding a folded paper and standing behind a chair, with a desk full of books and a quill behind him. The background looks like a fancy room with heavy curtains and a window. The tiny lines crisscrossing the whole image create the details—this is called cross-hatching. It’s a way to add shadows and texture without color. Next, look up technique: engraving, cross-hatching to see how artists build depth with lines.
