New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-24
ETCHERS md ETCHINGS.

A GREATLY INCREASED DEMAND IN THIS COUNTRY
A representative of Frederick kepple the
we-known dealer IN prints gave some information to
TRIBUNE reporter yesterday about the demand for etch
ings.
Tho sale OF echings," said he has increased very
largely This In part to the exhibition OF the New
York Etching Club In mdwiner and more perhaps. 20
the among Of Seymour Hadon, the great English
et eher with It's attendant lectures exhibitions. etc.
our own sales have amounted 10 innny thousands Of
dollars outside OF the $4,000 produced by sales OF Mr.
Hadens works. Has the sale OF engrayngs fallen of IN
consequence Yes, from One-half TO three-foJTths
though do not think that this will continue very long
fashion, 90 which much Of the present activyn echings
il due being very caprCiOus In such matters. DO not
misunderstood nue. howeyer-it would be unjust 10 say
that only fashion IN it, has caused this acy
y There is large class OF cultivated persons 10 whom
the special beauties OF etching appeal with force II
once the opportunity Of seeing good etching given
them Such opportunities have OF late been greatly In
creased through importations exhibitions, etc. and
hence the increased sales And II has been found out
too that etching be purchased for much less
amount than that for which the grade o. engraving
can be had.
What Is the scale OF prices Z"
"Ihat depends circumstances. The French ctchers
are so many in number and incessau In publishing
their work that competition brings their prices down.
Their prints range from ~ to $50. The English etch
ngs from 80 to $50 tAfr Hadens works beginning
at SIS. however American clClngs sold at from
50 to $50. thodgh few obtnnable through art
paper here the low price OF 80 cents In the OF
foreign etchngs the prices incnde dnty - per cent
Again the work Of certain individuals IS sometimes
at "A premium. Thus $500 recently paid for fine
COPY of the Little Calais PIER 10y seymour laden;
and Naltner the French ctcher tsroty he Il
Euglishnan, bceyeI has been ssloned ny the
English Government, II Is said etch MunskacsY's
Christ before Plate NJ compensation OF $1,000.
Sometimes again. special prices paid for etchngs on
parchment, satin. etc. What do the frames usually
cost The frames for etching usually made
OF ngnt-colOred wood, oak etc, and should not
cost over SO or S2O-the average being considerably
@Who are considered the leading etcber Of the day -
We'll, among the many French workers with the
needle tor every other painter In France also etches
may be mentioned Waltncr, whose reproduction ~
Millets Angelus made MIN famous thhuNel hotcd
for copying the works OF COrOt D4ubigny and jules
Breton, en-. Jaelue, Lalande, Flameng. JacquemaIt,
trecenty deceasedl Appan Martial DE GlaVesende De
Launey, Detaille Laduillemie and Bracquemond. The
Germans strange to say have 3ut Few men OF any
note, Unger leading. The English etchers include
among others Seymour Haden. Tisso the SlOcums Mac
Whistler; Among American etcheI5 may he mentioned
Stephen Parrish Henry FaTrer, G. ii Plat, knserran.
Van Elten Mary NlmIuO Moran Swain Clifford and lie
Roy Yale. Mrs Moran. however, has not published as
yet, believe The English school runs TO large land
scapcs the French TO small Landscapes and TO figures
the American mostly 10 marines See, here Is one by
Stephen Parrish the largest etching yet produced land
ert Macbeth, OF England. Itmeasures u by IS inches
what Il II called The Coast Of New-B brunswick
The artist pulled but thirty copies from It and then pre-
pared the plate for n mezzotint."
" How many copies usually taken of or pulled
There again, II depends. The French will run OF
many 1000 copies covering the plate for this purpose
with steel preparation. Generally dry-point etch
ing good for about 100 prints and the ordinary ech
ing for 17 copies though many 2lO prints have
been obtained In the latter Some echers I'm order
cheaper their productions, will often destroy the
plates after only twenty-five or fifty copies have been
taken"
suppose there valuable collections in this
country Z"
yes, James l.. Caghorn, Of Philadelphia, must have
about 10000 etcbings worth large sum. DR.. Freder
lex James, Of Lancaster, Buffalo. n. Y has large
collection. DR.. West, OF Brooklyn. and Mr. Howard
Mansfield, OF this city, also possess fine collections"
Are many etchings OF the old masters Rembrandt,
for instance-tO be found IN this country !"
"Oh YES there must be thousand Of the Rembrandt
prints held here OF the 800 different works comprising
tho Rembrandt set Theodore Irwin OF Oswego in this
Stat has 800 many of these worth, II Ia estim Ated
more than 81 900 each The Claghorn collection
taDs 200 RembTands, and Henry Sewe, of this city.
"A fine collection these old prints Have any OF the
Rembrandt etchings an extremely high value I Well,
sir at a recent sale In London the Advocate Van Toll
brought 81, 500 and The Hundred Guders $4,000"