1818
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Frontispiece for the portfolio "Croquis Lithographiques par H. Vernet" is a 1818 ink by Horace Vernet, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a busy street scene with rough, sketchy lines. A man in a top hat and coat strides forward, carrying a rolled-up paper under his arm. To the left, another man leans against a wall, while in the background, a woman and child sit at a table outside a building with a sign that looks like an "H." The drawing feels quick and unfinished, like a snapshot of daily life. The artist used a technique that lets you see the rough pencil marks mixed with ink—almost like a doodle that wasn’t erased. Next, check out lithography to see how this sketchy style was made.
Émile Jean-Horace Vernet (French pronunciation: ; 30 June 1789 – 17 January 1863), better known as Horace Vernet, was a French painter of battles, portraits, and Orientalist subjects.
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