THE ETCHING REVIVAL
France, Britain, America and Zorn
France, Britain, America and Zorn
- Jacque, Rembrandt, Etching
- Jacque, Le Chemin de Halage
- Daubigny, Le Grand Parc
- Lalanne, Richmond
- Meryon, Greniers Indigènes
- Bracquemond, Le Corbeau
- Buhot, Débarquement
- Lepère, La Route de Saint Gilles
- Legros, Le Triomphe de la Mort
- Besnard, La Mère Malade
- Leheutre, Notre-Dame de Chartres
- Legrand, Devant Sa Glace
- Brouet, Coin de Campagne
- Beaufrère, Bords de la Laïta
- Frélaut, Allée de Village
- Forain, L’Avocat Parlant
- Laboureur, Vue du Chateau
- Haden, Mytton Hall
- Whistler, Black Lion Wharf
- Strang, Eel Fishing in a Cave
- Cameron, Ben Lomond
- Bone, Culross Roofs
- McBey, Palestine: Blue Bonnets
- John, Head of Granger
- Blampied, Blessing the Waters
- Lumsden, Cliff and Cactus
- Lee-Hankey, Le Repas
- Osborne, Zierikzee
- Simpson, James Pryde
- Rushbury, On the Waveny
- Detmold, The Cock
- Brockhurst, Phemie (Marguerite)
- Nicolson, Quiet Hour
- Moran, Landscape on the Marne
- Moran, The Rapids Above
- Moran, Scrub Oaks
- Parrish, Winter in Trenton
- Platt, Deventer, Holland
- Mielatz, The Old Bridge
- Pennell, The Shot Tower, London
- Benson, Yellowlegs at Dusk
- Hassam, Madonna of the North
- Sloan, Girls Sliding
- Winkler, North End
- Arms, Stokesay Castle
- MacLaughlan, Bernese Oberland
- Friedlander, Downtown
- Eby, North Country
- Marsh, Coney Island Beach
- Zorn, Pilot – Lots
- Zorn, Portrait of Ernest Renan
Le Corbeau
Etching, 1854, 230 x 184 mm., Béraldi 115 iv/v, Bouilon AC 6 v/vi, B. N. Inv. 48. Very fine impression on chine-appliqué, as published by l'Artiste, with good margins; tiny abrasion in the lower blank area of the chine. The plate is one of Bracquemond's grotesque images, the bird, and his many fellows in the background, being posed by a gibbet with a hangman's noose. Bracquemond was an influential artist who introduced many of his colleagues to etching and provided advice and aid to such as Manet, Buhot, Lepère and others. Though drawn to the representation of birds, his own work ranged widely from original conceptions to interpretations of the paintings and drawings of his contemporaries, from small book illustrations to large complex plates. His consistency lay in the brilliance of his technique. Once past his learning stage, there was no print-making problem he could not conquer.