Mezzotints by Davenport Cyril 1848-1941

Author:Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mezzotint engraving
Publisher: London : Methuen
Published: 1904-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

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W. FAITHORNE AND R. WILLIAMS

W. Wissing, J. Closterman, Sir A. Vandyck, Sir P. Lely, and Sir G. Kneller, and his prints were published chiefly by himself, I. Smith, E. Cooper, or by Beckett's successor, 'J. Savage at the Golden Head in the Old Baily.'

Several of Williams's portraits are brilliant, but this is often due to burin work, or it is even possible that much work in black has been done by nand on the prints. Williams has left a large number of prints which vary much in quality. Some of the portraits of men are excellent: one of a young man, ' John Bannister,' in which the face is admirably modelled, is particularly good. Like many of Williams's portraits, it is enclosed rn an oval within a rectangle. Another fine plate is a portrait of Charles n. wearing the robes and insignia )f the Order of the Garter.

The scraping and burnishing which shows in the best of Williams's prints has been well and skilfully done. In the inking there is yet something to be desired, and the blacks certainly have not the value they attained generally at a little later period. The darkest places were a great difficulty with most of the early mezzotinters, and this was doubtless due to the fact that they had not mastered the art of so laying the ground in such places that it would hold the necessary superabundance of ink.

The drawing in Williams's plates is always good, and he was clever in producing greys ana whites. He published some of his prints himself ' against ye Koyall Bagnio in Long Acre.' Others were issued chiefly by 'T. Mi Hard at the Dial and 3 Crowns in Fleet Street,' E. Cooper, D. Loggan, or J. Savage, Beckett's successor.

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