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The Pig Herder
18th c.18th century
5 1/8 in. x 8 1/2 in. (13.02 cm x 21.59 cm)
Charles-Emile Jacque, French, (1813–1894)
Object Type:
Prints
Medium and Support:
Etching on paper
Credit Line:
Carleton College Art Collection, gift of Gerard R. Pomerat on behalf of Dr. Charles M. Pomerat
Accession Number:
1997.067
Charles-Emile Jacque was the first Barbizon school artist to devote himself primarily to etching. Trained as an engraver of maps, Emile-Jacque started etching by copying Rembrandt’s prints in the early 1840s. The Pig Herder is a classic example of Jacque’s work, which typically depicts rural landscapes including livestock and peasants. Emile-Jacque was one of the most prolific etchers of his time, creating over 470 prints during his career, and directly inspiring other artists including Jean-Francios Millet to try etching as well.
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18th Century,
etching (printing process)*,
etchings (prints)*,
French*,
paper (fiber product)*,
prints (visual works)*
- 18th Century
- etching (printing process) - Intaglio process in which the design is worked into an acid-resistant substance coating the metal printing plate; the plate is then exposed to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed, to create lines and dark areas. For the single step of exposing the plate to acid, use "biting."
- etchings (prints) - Prints made from an etched printing plate, which is a metal plate on which a design is made by coating the plate with an acid-resistant substance, creating a design in the coating, and then exposing the plate to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed. For designs incised directly into a copper plate using a burin or graver, use "engravings (prints)."
- French - Refers to the culture of the modern nation of France, or in general to cultures that have occupied the area of the modern nation in western Europe.
- paper (fiber product) - Refers generally to all types of matted or felted sheets or webs of fiber formed and dried on a fine screen from a pulpy water suspension. The fibers may be animal, such as hair, silk or wool, or mineral, such as asbestos, or synthetic. However most paper is made from cellulosic plant fiber, such as from wood pulp, grass, cotton, linen, and straw.
- prints (visual works) - Pictorial works produced by transferring images by means of a matrix such as a plate, block, or screen, using any of various printing processes. When emphasizing the individual printed image, use "impressions." Avoid the controversial expression "original prints," except in reference to discussions of the expression's use. If prints are neither "reproductive prints" nor "popular prints," use just "prints." With regard to photographs, see "photographic prints"; for types of reproductions of technical drawings and documents, see terms found under "reprographic copies."
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Dimensions
- image Dimensions: 5 1/8 x 8 1/2 in. (130 x 216 mm)