John Raphael Smith and the great mezzotinters of the time of Reynolds by Hind Arthur Mayger 1880-1957

Author:Hind, Arthur Mayger, 1880-1957
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, Mezzotinters -- Great Britain
Publisher: London : W. Heinemann
Published: 1911-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

JOHN RAPHAEL SMITH

the old tradition. And it can at least be said that many of them far surpass the average quality of mezzotints produced by the followers of Lawrence and Landseer. For the sake of this remnant, and for the sake of fostering discernment in the public taste, everything should be done to keep the art alive. In spite of its glories being largely in the past, we would be the last to speak of it as dead.

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BOOKS OF REFERENCE

CHELSUM, James. A History of the Art of Engraving in Mezzotinto. Winchester 1786

LABORDE, Leon de. Histoire de la Gravure en Maniere Noire. Paris

1839 RAWLINSON, W. G. Turner's Liber Studiorum : a Description and a

Catalogue. London 1878. (2nd ed. 1906)

CHALONER SMITH, John. British Mezzotinto Portraits. 4 vols. London 1883. (The Standard Catalogue for British Mezzotinters until the beginning of the Nineteenth Century)

WHITMAN, Alfred. The Masters of Mezzotint. London 1898 Valentine Green. London 1902 Samuel William Reynolds. London 1903 Samuel Cousins. London 1904. Charles Turner. London 1907

FR/VNKAU, Julia. John Raphael Smith, his life and works (with a portfolio

containing facsimile reproductions of fifty examples). London 1902 William Ward, A.R.A., James Ward, R.A., their lives and works, London 1904

GOODWIN, Gordon. James McArdell. London 1903

Thomas Watson, James Watson, Elizabeth Judkins. London 1904

DAVENPORT, Cyril. Mezzotints (Connoisseurs' Library). London 1904

BRITISH MUSEUM. Guide to an Exhibition of Mezzotint Engravings chiefly from the Cheylesmore Collection. London 1905

SALAMAN, M.C. Old English Mezzotints. London, 1910

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