The Search for an Inn
1861 · Etching on ivory laid paper · Image: 10.3 × 15.6 cm (4 1/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Plate: 13.5 × 18 cm (5 3/8 × 7 1/8 in.); Sheet: 21.7 × 30.1 cm (8 9/16 × 11 7/8 in.)
Daubigny, The Search for an Inn, 1861. Etching on ivory laid paper.
The Art Institute of Chicago · The Charles Deering Collection
How to look at a Daubigny
- Where is the horizon? Measure it against the height of the sheet.
- Find the single boat or figure that gives the river its scale.
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