Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-08-15
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Regulatc cornospeuden of the STATE JsslusAt,
m.NEw YoRK, ,Apgsis, zrThss aeaEest sP;
RE2asiag 4 sSs ls%fSs sSf1s
twenty years ago Is found among the
artists ho draw on wood, and the en-
.graYeTs. These Nhewers Of wood, n as
the engrayers call. themselves, are Jolly
'set-thht IS Che old fellows, There Is
another set Just sphnglng up who are as
stsad y-gpiag as 80 many deaconsso l,.
cannot say, that all OF the old lot are
such Bohemians but many OF them are.
They are like printers, or any class Of
men who DO not work ath regular salary.
Their works.. alllNiob wbnk,P and their
payiis, good. - Tbe i'rlsipgl young mepp
make quite an art Of the business and
WORK Eteadily.at II. Many ofthe- old en-
prayers are Prepy hard drinkers. After
they getipAd fdfliRf block they generahE
g ~, on As5spree,1l have hears. el p
man who wanted TO get, work out OF one-
these tien, having 70 hunt after him from
ledioonlto saloon, no 'fai fiading hImlihi
some underground afumr hslei peacefully
sleeping z 2 NiAAh A half sAssl0thss stolen from
fisa Tns IONS sFAsSr FMAfas.5' aa'
FtnyiSo John street is one Of The
pflncihAl headquarters for 'engfavers and
dtRuthtsmeb, and those who hayeitheiF
Offices there are rkneYnl by tbeir ohums
as the "JohA Street .Piraes,o There, ID
l'ahy am6hut Of. gehius among these men,
tbut they are k Wild sst IN. orr who az
onetime had ono of tho largest lengrav-
ing Embellishments in, New York, stu
occupies, a bic room IN, this building.
There are very few Of the new men who
wbfk ma silsh6p ~ fof; f;8JS bgss .'is Most
of them mohpve sstndioa y sof -theirown
and work each man, for hlmself, aud the
business Is more like an art aud less like
Pa trade than formerly. Some of thesh
rooms are fitOea! up With eig7eat deal of
tastes notably lhatof +. s. HingH There
is no reason why they should not be, for
a good engrayQr Is enough Of an artist 70
have an eye for the 'besiitlfnl IN both
! form and COLOR 90 = = So iIri-fif l'llag
The upper stories Of 90 Park Row, the
old Loyejoy hotel, are nearly oil tlled to
| with ongravers, and the building on the
corner Of Broadway and Fulton ttreet is
ALSO one of thcip headquarters. Some
times ehgrayers who do not care for an
entire pillce will rent window room.9
There are often as many as three men al
a window, when there IS k north Hight
Their Tdosks arei made with the eornsl Z
cat go that three eau readily work
togJ her. The married men very often
! work at home, particularly when they
I lite IN the country. 't'.''.i by '''e''
/ This great rendezvous ofth ttdohp
Street. Pirates" used 10 be q Restaurant
and wine cellar Kept by q Frenchman
named Moulqnin IN Nassau street,
Nine. Moulqrin, a piquante and pretty
French woman, preslded at the cash
rawer and sQtdhq nOat little bar, and heI
bright eyes were o great attraction to her
lbtsband'B cellar. The place ~as Kept as
clean asli the jdecka'of aayman4of- war,
Down the middle Of. the Goo. stood q
number Of little tables, on which loayes
or sticks of French bread were stacked
a Ia woodplle, and on each co1ier or the
plid ~ bottle slofi vino AwaH carefully
balanced. Under a narrow arehway
could be seen the cool wine vaults, aud
through a small window one could watch
the cooks III their snowy White aprons
and caps, amid the shining pots and
kettles, Among 1.-The illatrpns Of Moul'
lpulu fellhH NNte. ulhug, rpoutlhlhnri
engravers and artists, both native born
aud foreign, and artizans, euch as gold.
lworkers aud matchmaker. Comlng In
out of the sunlight the delicate blue Of
The tobacco smoke that filled the room
was always reslfui to The eyes, and the
old Ffenehmen with their long stemmed
pipes gave an air of solid comfort to the
place, But Mpulquln's- Is 10 lopger as Il
was the proprietor made money and
enlarged his horGers, and now does Q
thriving business ina modern restaurant
above" ground, and tide "J0hn Stree
Pirates 80 else8here LQ rendezyous.
VINO THE EYsRAvERs ARE, .u..
There are a. great many foreigners
among the American engrayers. Soml
OF the best or the English engravers art
here, such hs yW.J. aud Henry Linton
one Of the palgiel brothers, and, other
who are well known, We are indebted
10 the Franco. Prussian war for soml
hist cldss French engrRyefsi; there /
Maurand, Measofn, and lIeGuard, whS
are men of the highest reputation II
their profession, and others who arr
/ not so well known. They are all excel
lent wofkmen but they arc no better thar
the best of the town. 10 beasure the,
have the advantage of sehooliHg. Their
| is no school for engraving for men II
I New York, Those WHO wish to learr
/ Ithe business have 10 go into the "shops'
and learn ia that way. There 10 an en-
craving school for women N the Coope
\ Institute. Mr.. .O'Btien, an old steel an
| wood engraver, was formerly its man
\ ager'; hR was Succeeded byW. j. Linton
aud now H. isnunder this charge of Mis-
Charlotte CQgswell. There are very feN
! llalles who ever become frat rat
lleugratcrs, from the fact that they lear
ENGRAVING more @as something 10 faI
'backrupOnhatha as a regular trade
4 ThIc are. several. young ladies who xiv
d considerable promise rs eLgravers, anon
4 them Miss Powell aud Miss Jacot.
II Oar .Amefitdn' -engravets excel in cul
4 ttine landscapes. BogeTt and AnthOu
4 have no sppGTiQrs IN that hne, Anthon
L is q Boston man, although he does wof
y for New Y6k houses. He Was formerl
4 with Osgood and worked for hin extlt
/ lsiv9ly, hut now is in the genera. tiel
4 again. Ills engraving of Fenn's illustrl
] tIons Of Whittiet's Snow Bound is anon
\ The hest Work OF that kind. Then tker
u are W. }. Linton, Nichols, j. F.. Davii
4 lBoOkhout, Speer, lIarlay, LaugdTidgi
Il John Mintep,, and .others who stand 1
the head of their craft. There are also
lot Of young men coming dlong VIII
Il lpromise to.distingHish' themselves beiOl
4 y great while, amnpg whom are smitl
n wick. King, Yarley, Jeupgllng, and ts
n more whom could mention.
j Ma,ttand; French, Is probahly the bei
q engrdyer OF interiors nowiu this couu
v Try; he is,s particularly. akilliul in h
y textures. NJ. MaurRnd works in II
y AL nr,f 81
Square While at work VI M studio b
= wears a,dress of a very light msteril
= made. in Turkish fashion, after, the MAJ
per Of some foreign artists, and
! altogether picturesque looking.
y S,P. Avery, well known in'ths city
y picture dealer, was once an engraye
He had Il tasteful little room on Beekms
street In those days now he has q ili
z house on Fiith avenue, sand his paVl0
u are his .salesrooms. They are elegant
I lifted up 80 that one would never suepe
u the shop. Ont OF the ranks of the. G.
q gravers have come a number OF our be
4 Known drtists,- such as 2. Morau al
N liIerricks Mr.. sA...W.a Drake, who III
chargeiof the Illustrations in SeribRa
" HOntfiy, was once an engraver, althoul
Z he e better known as drawer on WOO
II Fnine''it. Stockton; well known In Il
q world. OF letters, also ibegan-li life as {
4 engraver. Benson, j. Lossing, the hist
q fian, was not Qnly an engrayer, hat vi
II and still is an artist OF merit.
- -. now IT PAYS.
& Engraving is paying business for ol
= who works steadily at il. For cutting
y block about half the size of the sVera
Y magazine page q first. class engrayer W
y ret from $50 to $G5. II will not tal
y him week 70 do II, II he works eleadil
:. Engravcrs average, according to the