Prints; a brief review of their technique and history (1914)
Richter, Emil Heinrich, 1869- · Boston, New York : Houghton Mifflin Company · leaf 228
il, their numerous womens por-traits, with soft, rounded forms, subtletransitions of tone, sparkling accents of lightand blending depths of shadow, were admir-ably suited to the black art. Hence therise, during the eighteenth century, of alarge school of mezzotint engravers, who at-tained great… … MRS. CARNACJohn Raphael Smith ENGLAND Smith. One is apt, quite naturally, to ac-cord to engravings like this the credit dueto the painter for his graceful composition.Quite aside, however, from matters of com-position and beauty of subject, the merecharm of intense shadow and brilliant highlight,…
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