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Deer

c. 1862

Charles François Daubigny

(French, 1817–1878)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
cliché-verre
Measurements
Sheet: 17.9 x 23.9 cm (7 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.); Platemark: 16.5 x 19.8 cm (6 1/2 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1992.340
Catalogue raisonné
Delteil 134
Public Domain
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Location
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Description

Around 1853 a few artists and photography buffs who were searching for a photographic method of producing multiple prints developed the cliché-verre. A glass plate is coated with an opaque ground through which the design is drawn with a sharp instrument. The plate is then placed on top of a sheet of light-sensitive paper and exposed to light so that the image is reproduced on the paper.
A horizontally oriented cliché-verre print in black ink with fine, dense lines depicts a landscape by water. Furthest left, a tall, spindly tree reaches upward toward small, flying birds. Below, four deer gather at the water's edge; one bows its head to drink. Dense, dark foliage fills the right. Fine horizontal lines create texture across the sky and water, all set within an irregular white border.

Deer

c. 1862

Charles François Daubigny

(French, 1817–1878)
France, 19th century

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