DOI Heft:
No. 8 (November, 1893)
DOI Artikel:W., G.: An American critic on English art at the Chicago World's Fair
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17189#0064
An American Critic on English Art
quartet with a fair technique is Keene, in every
sense a master of the pen."
In the chalcographic department, " Whistler, the
greatest artist since Rembrandt," is in the American
section. Seymour Haden, who exhibits only a few
experimental mezzotints, is ranked as " rising
above his countrymen as Whistler rises above the
Americans—the one etcher who can meet Whistler
on very nearly equal terms. The best original
The illustration of Dordrecht on this page is
one of a series of admirable " half-tone" blocks
sent us for notice by the Swan Electric Engraving
Co. The fact that the high lights are not cut away
by hand gives it exceptional interest to those tech-
nically interested in the reproduction of drawings.
The very fine electro-gravure from Mr. Lorimer's
painting, executed by the same firm, show that
they are determined to raise the excellence of British
DORDRECHT. A PHOTO-ENGRAVING BY THE SWAN ELECTRIC ENGRAVING CO.
work is that by C. J. Watson, D. Y. Cameron,
Frank Short, Oliver Hall, and Mortimer Menpes.
The best reproduction plates are those by W. Holl,
R. W. Macbeth, Frank Short, Gerald Robinson
and T. G. Appleton." The exhibits in this class show,
in short, "a considerable amount of excellent
reproductive work, a small amount of original
work of the same quality, and a smaller proportion
of original work that is immeasurably finer than
anything which has been done, barring Haden's
work, since the golden age of etching—the plates
of James Whistler, an American." But space forbids
more notice of this interesting pamphlet. G. W.
52
process-engraving, which at present, save only the
work of one or two firms, cannot be ranked equal
to the best Continental or American work.
The blocks on pages 49, 50, 51, are from the
special Supplement Illustre, given with L'/ndepen-
dance Beige a short time since. As a part of the
issue of a daily paper it surely marked an epoch
in illustrated journalism. M. Gerard Harry, the
accomplished editor, may be congratulated on the
admirable selection of sketches and pictures so
well reproduced; many from drawings specially
prepared by the artists themselves.
quartet with a fair technique is Keene, in every
sense a master of the pen."
In the chalcographic department, " Whistler, the
greatest artist since Rembrandt," is in the American
section. Seymour Haden, who exhibits only a few
experimental mezzotints, is ranked as " rising
above his countrymen as Whistler rises above the
Americans—the one etcher who can meet Whistler
on very nearly equal terms. The best original
The illustration of Dordrecht on this page is
one of a series of admirable " half-tone" blocks
sent us for notice by the Swan Electric Engraving
Co. The fact that the high lights are not cut away
by hand gives it exceptional interest to those tech-
nically interested in the reproduction of drawings.
The very fine electro-gravure from Mr. Lorimer's
painting, executed by the same firm, show that
they are determined to raise the excellence of British
DORDRECHT. A PHOTO-ENGRAVING BY THE SWAN ELECTRIC ENGRAVING CO.
work is that by C. J. Watson, D. Y. Cameron,
Frank Short, Oliver Hall, and Mortimer Menpes.
The best reproduction plates are those by W. Holl,
R. W. Macbeth, Frank Short, Gerald Robinson
and T. G. Appleton." The exhibits in this class show,
in short, "a considerable amount of excellent
reproductive work, a small amount of original
work of the same quality, and a smaller proportion
of original work that is immeasurably finer than
anything which has been done, barring Haden's
work, since the golden age of etching—the plates
of James Whistler, an American." But space forbids
more notice of this interesting pamphlet. G. W.
52
process-engraving, which at present, save only the
work of one or two firms, cannot be ranked equal
to the best Continental or American work.
The blocks on pages 49, 50, 51, are from the
special Supplement Illustre, given with L'/ndepen-
dance Beige a short time since. As a part of the
issue of a daily paper it surely marked an epoch
in illustrated journalism. M. Gerard Harry, the
accomplished editor, may be congratulated on the
admirable selection of sketches and pictures so
well reproduced; many from drawings specially
prepared by the artists themselves.