At Woodrising

1812–13

Not on view

Crome's narrow composition uses trees around a pool to celebrate his native county of Norfolk. Largely self-taught, the artist combines intense natural observation with lessons learned from paintings by Gainsborough and Hobbema. A founder and leader of the Norwich School (artists based in that town who developed a distinct local style), Crome worked in oils and as a drawing master, then became one of the first 19th-century Britons to use etching as an expressive tool. Prints made between 1809 and 1813, based on plein-air sketches, anticipate the Etching Revival. Unpublished during Crome's lifetime, sets titled "Norfolk Picturesque Scenery, Consisting of Thirty-One Etchings" were first issued in 1834 to benefit his widow.

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Title: At Woodrising
Artist: John Crome (British, Norwich 1768–1821 Norwich)
Date: 1812–13
Medium: Etching on chine collé; third state of four
Dimensions: Plate: 2 3/16 × 7 7/16 in. (5.6 × 18.9 cm)
Sheet: 2 3/4 × 8 1/16 in. (7 × 20.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
Object Number: 22.17.8
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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