Spray of Flowers

Roubillac · c. 1774–1800

Crayon manner etching was invented in the 18th century to simulate the texture of chalk drawings, which were very popular at the time. A tool with toothed points of varying thicknesses set at irregular intervals and angles ( mattoir ) imitated the random character of grains of chalk on textured paper.

Credit

Cleveland Museum of Art

Licence

CC0

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