Study for Tree Trunks and Lane

ca. 1812

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Crome made this drawing to create a soft-ground etching, using it to transfer the image to a printing plate. A leader of the Norwich School (artists based near that Norfolk town who developed a distinctive local landscape style), the artist was one of the first in 19th-century Britain to use etching as an expressive medium, anticipating the Etching Revival.

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Title: Study for Tree Trunks and Lane
Artist: John Crome (British, Norwich 1768–1821 Norwich)
Date: ca. 1812
Medium: Graphite (recto); soft ground etching (verso)
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 6 3/8 in. (20.7 x 16.1 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Object Number: 26.70.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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