DOI issue:
No. 200 (November, 200)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20968#0170
Studio-Talk
theirs, as an original etcher's work always must be Mr. Pennell, nor is he the only one who practises it
from that of the professional picture reproducer, successfully at present. Its great charm lies in the
But it is also quite distinct from the work of the few fact that the grain which you obtain is not so
artists who turn out original mezzotints nowadays, regular and set as that of the rocking tools or
As Dr. Singer remarked in these columns some the dust-box; compared with the latter, the tone
time ago, Mr. Pennell possesses an admirable gift can be bitten in deep, so that the plate allows of
of grasping the possibilities of subject. He seems some burnishing and scraping afterwards ; thus the
to be able to find at a glance the very point from prints resulting possess some of the qualities of
which he can make a striking picture. There is the older mezzotint process. Mr. Pennell has done
something similar to be recorded with regard to his nocturnes in sand-paper aquatint before, but none so
mezzotints. He has grasped at the very outset the excellent as the Courtland Street Ferry, New York.
essence of the process, and perceived the sort of
subject it is peculiarly adapted to—the representa- ■ ^ IRMINGHAM.—A notable addition to
tion of city nocturnes. The Westminster, Night, the new Church of St. Andrew, Hands-
D
from my Window is certainly a fascinating example ■ worth, has recently been made in the
of the process and one could not attain these night form of a Triptych, designed by the
effects as well by any other means. Side by side architect, Mr. W. H. Bidlake, M.A., with the
with these mezzotints there are some fine new panels painted by Mr. F. W. Davis, R.I., the
sand-paper aquatints. This process is not new to well-known Birmingham artist. The centre panel
TRIPTYCH FOR ST. ANDREWS CHURCH, HANDSWORTH DESIGNED BY W. H. BIDLAKE, M.A., ARCHITECT
PANELS BY F. W. DAVIS, R.I.
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theirs, as an original etcher's work always must be Mr. Pennell, nor is he the only one who practises it
from that of the professional picture reproducer, successfully at present. Its great charm lies in the
But it is also quite distinct from the work of the few fact that the grain which you obtain is not so
artists who turn out original mezzotints nowadays, regular and set as that of the rocking tools or
As Dr. Singer remarked in these columns some the dust-box; compared with the latter, the tone
time ago, Mr. Pennell possesses an admirable gift can be bitten in deep, so that the plate allows of
of grasping the possibilities of subject. He seems some burnishing and scraping afterwards ; thus the
to be able to find at a glance the very point from prints resulting possess some of the qualities of
which he can make a striking picture. There is the older mezzotint process. Mr. Pennell has done
something similar to be recorded with regard to his nocturnes in sand-paper aquatint before, but none so
mezzotints. He has grasped at the very outset the excellent as the Courtland Street Ferry, New York.
essence of the process, and perceived the sort of
subject it is peculiarly adapted to—the representa- ■ ^ IRMINGHAM.—A notable addition to
tion of city nocturnes. The Westminster, Night, the new Church of St. Andrew, Hands-
D
from my Window is certainly a fascinating example ■ worth, has recently been made in the
of the process and one could not attain these night form of a Triptych, designed by the
effects as well by any other means. Side by side architect, Mr. W. H. Bidlake, M.A., with the
with these mezzotints there are some fine new panels painted by Mr. F. W. Davis, R.I., the
sand-paper aquatints. This process is not new to well-known Birmingham artist. The centre panel
TRIPTYCH FOR ST. ANDREWS CHURCH, HANDSWORTH DESIGNED BY W. H. BIDLAKE, M.A., ARCHITECT
PANELS BY F. W. DAVIS, R.I.
r48