Horse Chestnut 1789
johnrobertcozens
photo of handprinted image
aged paper
toned paper
light pencil work
ink paper printed
pencil sketch
light coloured
old engraving style
watercolour illustration
watercolor
"Horse Chestnut" is a 1789 drawing by British artist John Robert Cozens (1752-1797). The work, created in black chalk, depicts a group of trees with several sheep grazing in the foreground. The soft, atmospheric quality of the drawing is characteristic of Cozens' work, which often explored the subjective experience of nature. This is an excellent example of Cozens' ability to evoke a sense of place and mood through the skillful use of light and shadow.
Comments
Towering over a flat meadow and sheltering a herd of deer, these horse chestnuts were surely sketched at an English country estate. An interesting aspect is the way Cozens preferred to render shaded areas with the coarse, chalk-like lines produced by soft-ground etching (vernis mou) rather than the even aquatint tones.
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