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American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)

Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 505

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Rh-engravkd by Anderson. I have not been able to obtain a sight of Andersons book; the one copy I heard of inthe Society Library, New York, having been taken away and not returned. But I have seenthe cuts, the electrotype plates having fallen into the hands of another publisher, T. W. Strong,who… … appearing in the Anderson edition reversed. No doubtthis was done, transfer of prints not being then under-stood, to facihtate the work of the draughtsman, thoughthereby the engraver had to follow back-handed thelines of his master. Considering the little practice onwood which Anderson had then…

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