DOI issue:
No. 78 (August 1903)
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26229#0222
INTERNATIONAL STUDIO SUPPLEMENTS
English Water-Colour
EIGHT PARTS, IN PORTFOLIO
Size, IS x 12 inches $8,00 Complete
' H ''HIS supplement presents a series of exact coloured reproductions of the most notable
works in English water-colour from the days of its initiation by Sandby, through the
epochs of Girtin, Marlow, Cozens, Constable, J. M. W. Turner, Wiliiam Hunt, David
Cox, Dewint, Bonington, Prout, Copley, Fielding, etc., etc., up to and including the work of
artists of the present day. The coloured plates in this publication are reproduced by an
expensive special process which gives the nearest facsimile effects ever yet obtained. Each
plate is printed separately with its own combination of selected colours. There are eight
such plates in each part. The series opens with an introduction from the able pen of one
of the leading critics of the day, Frederick Wedmore.
This publication is especially to be recommended for gift purposes. Any of the coloured
reproductions is worthy of being handsomely framed.
Ati (tV/fcs .say;
NEW YORK TRIBUNE : The reproductions are extraordinarily good, and are throughout adequate,
giving perfectly the simpler textures of the early men and the far more brilliant qualities of work like that
of Mr. Swan. Indeed, the reproduction of the latter's " Jaguar and Macaw " is one of the best plates of the
sort we have ever seen. The publishers have set out to secure something like facsimiles of the works selected
for illustration, and they have been remarkably successful in their aim. It is a handsome publication, and
the price is a modest one, and the collection as a whole promises to be of considerable value.
NEW YORK HERALD: It is a most beautiful specimen of artistic work. The colored plates are repro-
duced by a special process which is claimed to give the nearest facsimile effect ever yet attained, each plate
being printed separately with its combination of selected colors. The plates can readily be removed if it is
desired to frame them. If this be done, it would be difficult for any one not an expert to detect without
close examination that the pictures are not veritable paintings in the medium claimed. Sketches of all other
great painters are given in the letter-press of this work, which we greatly admire.
BOSTON HERALD : Reproductions of important paintings that give, with extraordinary fidelity, the essen-
tial qualities of the original. A remarkable example of the achievements in this new field is the series
"English Water-Colour, with Reproductions of Drawings by Eminent Painters."
CHICAGO POST: The plates are reproduced by a special process which gives the nearest facsimile effects
ever yet obtained. All the pictures are soft in tone, and none are guilty of overcoloring. The pictures are
well chosen and the descriptive text interesting reading. This work has a place in art education.
LOS ANGELES TIMES : The choice of representative work has been wisely made. The impulse which
leads to the sending out of such productions may be called inspiration, since the pictures are addressed not
only to the taste of connoisseurs, but to the number who are debarred from the study of the best colorists of
the time.
WESTMINSTER GAZETTE (London): The reproductions of English Water-Colour Drawings are
undoubtedly the most successful experiment in this kind of colour printing that has yet been made in
this country. . . . The remarkable success achieved on difficult and complex subjects testifies to the
skill, taste, and patience of the reproducers.
JOHN LANE NEW YORK
AD. XIX.
English Water-Colour
EIGHT PARTS, IN PORTFOLIO
Size, IS x 12 inches $8,00 Complete
' H ''HIS supplement presents a series of exact coloured reproductions of the most notable
works in English water-colour from the days of its initiation by Sandby, through the
epochs of Girtin, Marlow, Cozens, Constable, J. M. W. Turner, Wiliiam Hunt, David
Cox, Dewint, Bonington, Prout, Copley, Fielding, etc., etc., up to and including the work of
artists of the present day. The coloured plates in this publication are reproduced by an
expensive special process which gives the nearest facsimile effects ever yet obtained. Each
plate is printed separately with its own combination of selected colours. There are eight
such plates in each part. The series opens with an introduction from the able pen of one
of the leading critics of the day, Frederick Wedmore.
This publication is especially to be recommended for gift purposes. Any of the coloured
reproductions is worthy of being handsomely framed.
Ati (tV/fcs .say;
NEW YORK TRIBUNE : The reproductions are extraordinarily good, and are throughout adequate,
giving perfectly the simpler textures of the early men and the far more brilliant qualities of work like that
of Mr. Swan. Indeed, the reproduction of the latter's " Jaguar and Macaw " is one of the best plates of the
sort we have ever seen. The publishers have set out to secure something like facsimiles of the works selected
for illustration, and they have been remarkably successful in their aim. It is a handsome publication, and
the price is a modest one, and the collection as a whole promises to be of considerable value.
NEW YORK HERALD: It is a most beautiful specimen of artistic work. The colored plates are repro-
duced by a special process which is claimed to give the nearest facsimile effect ever yet attained, each plate
being printed separately with its combination of selected colors. The plates can readily be removed if it is
desired to frame them. If this be done, it would be difficult for any one not an expert to detect without
close examination that the pictures are not veritable paintings in the medium claimed. Sketches of all other
great painters are given in the letter-press of this work, which we greatly admire.
BOSTON HERALD : Reproductions of important paintings that give, with extraordinary fidelity, the essen-
tial qualities of the original. A remarkable example of the achievements in this new field is the series
"English Water-Colour, with Reproductions of Drawings by Eminent Painters."
CHICAGO POST: The plates are reproduced by a special process which gives the nearest facsimile effects
ever yet obtained. All the pictures are soft in tone, and none are guilty of overcoloring. The pictures are
well chosen and the descriptive text interesting reading. This work has a place in art education.
LOS ANGELES TIMES : The choice of representative work has been wisely made. The impulse which
leads to the sending out of such productions may be called inspiration, since the pictures are addressed not
only to the taste of connoisseurs, but to the number who are debarred from the study of the best colorists of
the time.
WESTMINSTER GAZETTE (London): The reproductions of English Water-Colour Drawings are
undoubtedly the most successful experiment in this kind of colour printing that has yet been made in
this country. . . . The remarkable success achieved on difficult and complex subjects testifies to the
skill, taste, and patience of the reproducers.
JOHN LANE NEW YORK
AD. XIX.