Artists past and present; random studies
Elisabeth Luther Cary's 1909 collection of essays on painters and printmakers, issued in New York by Moffat, Yard for American readers following contemporary art criticism. The 33 halftone plates reproduce portraits and figure studies in soft gray tones — three-quarter poses against dark grounds, a lace-trimmed woman in a park, a framed salon canvas — useful for period costume detail and low-contrast tonal backgrounds.
