Summer
c. 1865
Medium
Etching, engraving and roulette on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 13 × 9.7 cm (5 1/8 × 3 7/8 in.); Chine: 13.8 × 10.6 cm (5 7/16 × 4 3/16 in.); 21.2 × 13.1 cm (8 3/8 × 5 3/16 in.); Sheet: 41.8 × 13.7 cm (16 1/2 × 5 7/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
28576
Art Historical Context
**Summer** by Charles É Jacque (c. 1865) captures the essence of the French countryside in a delicate print from the Art Institute of Chicago Prints and Drawings collection. Created using etching, engraving, and on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove, this intimate work measures just 13 × 9.7 cm for the image itself. The thin, luxurious China paper enhances the print's velvety texture and subtle tonal gradations, a technique prized in 19th-century printmaking for producing rich, detailed impressions affordable to a wider audience beyond paintings. Jacque, a prominent member of the Barbi...