Download or read book Old English Mezzotints written by Malcolm Charles Salaman and published by London ; Paris : The Studio. This book was released on 1910 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalogue of a Collection of English Portraits in Mezzotint from the Origin of that Style of Engraving to the End of the Eighteenth Century written by Walter F. Tiffin and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Old English Mezzotints written by Malcolm C. Salaman and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2014-01-18 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devoted to those beautiful and valuable Old English Mezzotins which interpret par excellence the great painters of the eighteenth century. Malcolm C. Salaman tells the story of mezzotint engraving from its inception to it climax at the close of the eighteenth century, and its decline in the early nineteenth. * * * * * An excerpt from the author's introductory:WHEN, in Christie's sale-room, the fine mezzotints or familiar portraits by Reynolds, Gainsborough, Romney or Hoppner—familiar, perhaps, chiefly through the prints— are being handed round the table, and the amazingly high bidding of eager dealers and collectors, bidding that seems to recognise no conscience save fashion's, is being voiced goadingly from the rostrum, my fancy is wont to travel back to those eighteenth-century days when the London print-shops were full of such prints fresh from the engravers' hands. I think of the fine old engravers themselves, content to sell their prints for the few shillings apiece at which the current demand appraised them, little dreaming that, in a hundred years or more, the greasy ink they used would have so dried on the very surface of the inimitable old paper as to give that richness of bloom which would induce future collectors to pay for single impressions sums sufficient to have bought for the artists themselves life annuities. I picture genial, honest Valentine Green, in 1780, at the height of his prosperity, drawing up his "Proposals" for publishing by subscription his engravings, from the paintings of Reynolds, of that sumptuous series of" Beauties of the Present Age," as he called them, which, with no thought of being modest, he offered at fifteen shillings a copy, or twelve shillings to subscribers; and I wonder what change amazement, and regret, too, in his later days of adversity, would have worked in the benevolent, sensitive face we know so well through Lemuel Abbott's portraiture, could he have foreseen how the twentieth century would value his gracious mezzotints of beautiful high-born women, while ignoring his once popular subject-prints after Benjamin West, so that a brilliant proof of his Duchess of Rutland (Plate XXXI.) would sell for just five times the two hundred guineas Sir Joshua charged the Duke for painting the picture. Yet, what compensation of gladness would his artist soul have felt could he have foretold that enthusiastic connoisseurs would visit the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge primarily to see the finest known impression of his lovely Lady Elizabeth Compton (Plate XXXVI.)! John Raphael Smith, too, greatest of them all; I think of him scraping his masterly mezzotints to supply the mundane needs of his convivial nature and a large family, and printing off the copies only as they were called for, and I wonder whether the genuine artist or the astute business man in him would have been the more moved if, to encourage him on his way to prosperity, his good, helpful friend Angelo, the fencing-master, or, say, good-natured Jack Bannister—Charles Lamb's "beloved" comedian—had playfully suggested that impressions from these very copperplates would one day command sums approaching, and even reaching, four figures in pounds sterling. Smith, "good easy man," would probably have laughed his jovial laugh, and, laying aside for the day the plate, perhaps of Mrs. Carnac (Plate LVIII.), The Çower Family (Plate LX.),or The Promenade at Carlisle House (Plate LXXVI.), or whichever copper he happened to be engaged upon, would have called for a bottle—or two, and made merry over the fantastic idea. Yet, what a debt of gratitude we owe to those old mezzotint-engravers, who, in that wonderful second half of the eighteenth century, brought to perfection an exquisite art through which they could interpret delightful masterpieces of the painters'art, in all their spiritual and pictorial vitality, with an appealing charm of tone and suggested colour, ...
Download or read book Exhibition of English Mezzotint Portraits from Circa 1750 to Circa 1830 written by Burlington Fine Arts Club and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Mezzotint written by Carol Wax and published by New York : H.N. Abrams. This book was released on 1990 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the evolution of the mezzotint from its invention in the 17th century to its great growth in the 18th century. An extensive technical section includes step-by-step descriptions and illustrations of the procedures for making mezzotints.
Download or read book A Select Collection of English Mezzotints written by American Art Association and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Printed Picture written by Richard Benson and published by The Museum of Modern Art. This book was released on 2008 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relief printing : woodcut, metal type, and wood engraving -- Intaglio and planographic printing : engraving, etching, mezzotint, and lithography -- Color printing : hand coloring and multiple-impression color -- Bits and pieces : modern art prints, oddities, and photographic precursors -- Early photography in silver : daguerreotypes, early silver paper processes and tintypes -- Non-silver processes : carbon, blueprint, platinum, and a couple of others -- Modern photography : developing-out gelatin silver printing -- Color notes : primary colors and neutrality -- Color photography : separation-based processes and chromogenic prints -- Photography in ink : relief and intaglio printing : the letterpress halftone and gravure printing -- Photography in ink : planographic printing : collotype and photo offset lithography -- Digital processes : binary issues, inkjet, dye sublimation, and digital C-prints -- Where do we go from here? : some questions about the future
Download or read book British Mezzotint Portraits written by John Chaloner Smith and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mezzotinto Engraving written by M. Knoedler & Co and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guide to an Exhibition of Mezzotint Engravings Chiefly from the Cheylesmore Collection written by British Museum and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Guide to an Exhibition of Mezzotint Engravings written by UNKNOWN. AUTHOR and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Guide to an Exhibition of Mezzotint Engravings: Chiefly From the Cheylesmore Collection The object of the present exhibition is to illustrate the history of Mezzotint Engraving from the date of its invention in 1642 down to that of its change and falling-off about 1820. The materials for the exhibition are derived chiefly from the bequest of the late Lord Cheylesmore, who died in August 1902, leaving to the Museum the whole of his celebrated collection of British mezzotint portraits. The examples drawn from this source are supplemented by others, in the proportion of about one to four or five, which were already in the Museum collection before the date of the Cheylesmore bequest, having been acquired, some by purchase and some by gift or legacy from earlier benefactors of the institution, e, g. Mr. Cracherode, Mr. Slade, or (as in the special instances of James Ward and William Say) the engravers themselves. The number of mezzotints now shown is 641, less than a twentieth certainly, probably less than a thirtieth, of the total number of this class of print preserved in the Museum. But in no class is there so great a difference between ordinary impressions, which are weak, worn, or rubbed, and those, relatively very rare, which are brilliant and well-preserved. The prints here put on view are all picked impressions, chosen with a view, first to their technical quality, so as to represent the art in its several stages at its best and most effective; and secondly to their historical interest, so as to form a full and varied gallery of national portraiture from the Restoration to the Regency. They are arranged in three series, A, B, and C; this arrangement being dictated by considerations partly of size and partly of chronology. Three standard sizes of mount are employed for prints in the Museum collection; royal, which is the smallest; imperial, the middle; and atlas, the largest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Guide To An Exhibition Of Mezzotint Engravings written by British Museum Dept of Prints and D and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the Cheylesmore collection of mezzotint engravings, including detailed information about the artists and the technique of mezzotint engraving. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book A Choice Collection of Engraved Portraits and Decorative Engravings of the English and French Schools by and After the Most Distinguished Artists of the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries in Mezzotint Stipple and Line Manner Selected from the Stock of Maggs Bros London written by Maggs Bros and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Old English Mezzotints written by Malcolm Charles Salaman and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully illustrated volume offers a stunning collection of mezzotints from the Old English period, showcasing some of the most skillful and evocative prints of the era. With detailed analysis and fascinating historical context, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the art of printmaking. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book John Raphael Smith and the Great Mezzotinters of the Time of Reynolds written by Arthur Mayger Hind and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
