Book of the artists : American artist life, comprising biographical and critical sketches of American artists : preceded by an historical account of the rise and progress of art in America
Henry T. Tuckerman's survey of American painters and sculptors, with biographical and critical sketches and a history of art in the United States, published by G.P. Putnam & Son in New York in 1870 for American readers and collectors. The images here are square woodcut initials, white letters set against dense black grounds filled with curling foliage, usable as drop caps, tiles, or repeating ornament.
