Tree Trunks and Lane

John Crome

1811–12 · Soft-ground 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 Unpublished during Crome's lifetime, sets titled "Norfolk Picturesque Scenery, Consisting of Thirty-One Etchings" were issued in 1834 to benefit his widow.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

1811–12

Medium

Soft-ground etching on chine collé

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1922