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The image shows a wooded area with a tall tree as the central focus. The horizon is obscured by dense foliage and various tree heights. The intricate details in the leaves and tree trunks are depicted through lines and stippling. The monochromatic palette uses sepia tones. Rocks and tufts of grass are seen in the foreground. Other trees of varying sizes and structures are visible throughout the composition.
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The image shows a wooded area with a tall tree as the central focus. The horizon is obscured by dense foliage and various tree heights. The intricate details in the leaves and tree trunks are depicted through lines and stippling. The monochromatic palette uses sepia tones. Rocks and tufts of grass are seen in the foreground. Other trees of varying sizes and structures are visible throughout the composition.

National Gallery of Art · Portfolio

Beech Grove

Eugène Bléry

Date
1840
Medium
etching with drypoint and roulette on chine collé
Dimensions
plate: 28.2 x 20.8 cm (11 1/8 x 8 3/16 in.) sheet: 44.5 x 31.5 cm (17 1/2 x 12 3/8 in.)
Classification
Portfolio · Print
Accession number
2002.72.10
Credit line
Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Etudes dessinées et gravées d'après nature

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • etching
  • Landscape
  • drypoint
  • roulette
  • Tree
  • Rock
  • Nature
Provenance

(Arsène Bonafous-Murat, Paris); purchased 2002 by NGA.

Inscription

lower left in plate: EBlery del & sculpt.; lower right in plate: aqua forti 1840; by later hand, lower left in graphite: d. nature a Fontainebleau / le Bouleau

NGA object ID 125607. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.