Summer Evening, etching by James Joseph Tissot, 1886

A woman in a light patterned dress reclines on a wicker chaise longue, head tilted back against a cushion, one arm draped over the side. Behind her, a garden with trees and shrubbery fades into soft hatching in this fine-line etching on paper.

Artist

James Joseph Tissot

Date

1886

Medium

Etching on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 2756 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum