This wood engraving by Auguste Louis Lepère depicts laborers burning ferns in the Fontainebleau Forest, capturing a rural industrial practice through the artist's characteristically detailed technique. Lepère's mastery of the wood engraving medium allows him to render atmospheric effects and textural contrasts, from the smoke and flames to the dense forest foliage surrounding the workers. As part of a bound volume of 34 prints, this work exemplifies the artist's documentary approach to landscape and labor in late 19th century France.