Large Thistle
Eugène Bléry
1843
Medium
etching and roulette in black on chine collé
Dimensions
sheet: 55.8 x 74.8 cm (21 15/16 x 29 7/16 in.) plate: 38.8 x 50.4 cm (15 1/4 x 19 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Jane F. Stapleton
Accession Number
2009.143.1
About the Artist
Eugène Bléry
Eugène Bléry (1805–1887) was a French engraver and etcher whose refined printmaking brought him considerable recognition among connoisseurs of the graphic arts during the nineteenth century. He trained in Paris and developed a particular affinity for landscape subjects rendered through the demanding medium of etching, where his technical precision and sensitivity to natural light set his work apar...