Pen drawing and pen draughtsmen : their work and their methods : a study of the art today with technical suggestions (1920)
Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926 · New York : Macmillan · leaf 64
OF PEN DRAWING IN THE PAST 19 Rembrandt knew perfectly the limitations of pen drawing in his day andrespected them. When he wanted the quality which now is to be had by pen draw-ing, he etched, and in his etchings, which are not dependent on dry point, he obtained this quality, though they … possessed a certain richness and full-ness owing to the ink which no lineprocess has yet been able to give. Noone in the past is greater than Rem-brandt as an etcher, but Whistler in hisetchings is greater than Rembrandt.Therefore, if you wish a style goodfor all time, you will find it in manyof…
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