The Watering Place at the Pont Marie 1902

This etching by Auguste-Louis Lepère, a French printmaker, captures a scene of daily life in Paris. *The Watering Place at the Pont Marie* (1902), depicts a group of horses being watered at the banks of the Seine River, with the Pont Marie in the background. The detail in Lepère’s depiction of the bridge, the city's architecture, and the figures, reveals his meticulous attention to the nuances of his subject matter, exemplifying his mastery of the etching technique. The artwork, which is on view at the Art Institute of Chicago, is a fine example of late 19th-century urban realism.