1818
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Famille Arabe en voyage is a 1818 ink by Carle Vernet, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a group of people traveling with camels in a desert-like setting. A man in the front leads a camel by its rope, while others sit or walk beside them. Palm trees and rocky ground fill the background, giving a sense of a long journey. The title *Famille Arabe en voyage* hints this scene might be about a traveling Arab family, but the artist focused on the daily life of the journey itself. Next, check out lithography to see how this print was made.
Antoine Charles Horace Vernet, better known as Carle Vernet, was a French painter, the youngest child of painter Claude-Joseph Vernet and the father of painter Horace Vernet.
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