American etchers. Reprinted from the Century magazine for February 1883, with a brief additional chapter from the New York Star (1886)
Van Rensselaer, Schuyler, Mrs., 1851-1934 · New York, F. Keppel & co: · leaf 39
chnical qualities havewon the very highest praise in Paris, where, if anywhere, good etching is under-stood and prized. And their pictorial qualities are yet so great that the eyemost ignorant of etching must be charmed by them. If we will ask forpictures from our etchers, we should indeed rejoice… … Charles /VIeryon A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH ALTHOUGH Charles Meryon would not be a very old man were he livingto-day, yet the difficulty of procuring his etchings is almost as greatas it would be in the case of Rembrandt, Van Dyck or Claude. Fewwere printed, because few were wanted, and to-day these few…
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