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 8
ounding the plate, laying and biting the lines of the next degree ofstrength, and so proceeding until the plate is finished. A third process, firstbrought into favor by Mr. I laden, presupposes the use of an acid which worksrather slowly. In this the untouched plate is immersed, and the etchers… … J H EWH1TNE JOE. (JAMES A. M. WHISTLER.)* done upon it through the liquid. Of course, here also the strongest lines will belaid in first and the work carried on gradually up to the very palest. This pro-cess has many advantages—and not alone in its saving of trouble—but it requiressuch mastery of…
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