tist athis present best. The heavy black line, freely usedand printed on dead-white paper, was in strong con-trast to the majority of the other impressions ontinted paper, where the burr apparently had beenmuch scraped and manipulated. John W. Alexan-der, portrayed in a small profile sketch, had… … r<lKTRAIT OK JOHN W.AI.1-.XAM)I-.R HV A. G.LEARNED this and in others of like character the artist showedhis partiality for imaginative subjects. Many werevaried by a tint of warm color rubbed over portionsof the plate, giving especially in the case of the womensubjects a pleasing effect. Among…
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