Henri Charles Guérard
The Chimney Sweep
c. 1890
Physical Qualities
Woodcut, Sheet: 449 x 162 mm. (17 11/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
Image: 430 x 134 mm. (16 15/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Purchased in Memory of Frederick Richard Fisher by the Print & Drawing Society
Object Number
2003.20
Henri Charles Guérard was an experimental printmaker par excellence. Here he explores the use of different techniques to render similar subjects, in this case a chimney sweep and a young boy (likely of the same working-class profession) dressed for work in clogs and kneepads. The woodcut at left is made from rolling ink across the top of the carved image, resulting in hard, jagged lines. In contrast, the process of aquatint etching used to create "Youth in Clogs" allows for a range of curves and gray tones, resulting in an overall softer image.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2003; Eric G. Carlson, New York
Rena Hoisington and Morgan Dowty, BMA, "A Golden Anniversary: Celebrating 50 Years of the Print, Drawing & Photograph Society," Rotation 1: 29 August 2018 - 17 February 2019.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: LL: [artist stamp]; LR (graphite): [artist signature] "H Guerard"; VERSO: BLC (graphite): "00.0.236/ 68"
