Tree Trunks and Lane

John Crome

1811–13 · Softground etching on chine collé · Drawings and Prints

A leader of the Norwich School (artists based near that Norfolk town who developed a distinctive local landscape style), Crome worked in oils, watercolors, and as a drawing master, and is remembered as an expressive etcher. From 1809, he created rustic images derived from plein-air sketches that anticipate the Etching Revival. Unpublished during Crome's lifetime, sets titled "Norfolk Picturesque Scenery, Consisting of Thirty-One Etchings" were issued in 1834 to benefit his widow.

Artist

John Crome

Date

1811–13

Medium

Softground etching on chine collé

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011