Courons vîte: l'astronomie est bonne à quelque chose

Noël Le Mire after Jean-Michel Moreau

National Gallery of Art

This is a drawing of a wooded landscape including a distant structure. The scene is set within a dense forest with large trees framing the composition. A path meanders through the woodland, leading to a clearing in the background where an architectural structure is partially visible. The drawing shows intricate hatching and delicate lines, typical of late 18th-century illustrative drawings. The caption in French at the bottom of the drawing adds to the enigmatic atmosphere of the scene.