New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-21
.,osssp pryyrEDs EfUHiNGs,

- 4. .,as,n. aud etching. The needle ana
fneic Is o' ~ "a An successfully most things
MAJ ssr h done IN Black and white. Inc e..ni ,s
W ,.saa,t,s, nstr, exetes our wonder NJ 'he
saa..ai "a ,ssbYesl skill ~ the workman but
a. s,sh,ss ~ INTERPRETATION and iinpiession-if We
or MAJ a.et shsssd wofd-alwsss interests VS.
ssss /, IL Va me latter ciass ~ etehets 'hat w
ksaseil beisass. " ~ tais,ske ncs Y ~ sn, 'nf.s
q, hsy, yesgs slpee he Sans befese the tas"r' avn
ha has IA thst ,lme sstHeh Nr'
sxes,ieat pisss amaps lha American esehs's,
h ana pes,fshe hafaFA 40 sse ahet'
tihirty etehings, ,he Subjects 81 wiieh nave peeh
found principally ~ phlisdeiphla- nv feNNslF 80,
live c,ty We helieye ann ''s fN'''t
and in various Italian cities, Tho su'1ev's a'' ~
Architectural Something that man mas n"'N W p"
building Is always che theme, pure landscape "e'''
with this limitation of subject II was "'"'os' i"o'
itable that so far as this country Is ooh'e'huu' w.
architecture of decay or OF ineomple'ohesS '"'"''
he chosen for we have ne yet little u 'ho ooa"''
ful. and strong effects and bold pictu0sdueho''
seem TO belong almost exclusively TO deorcpi'"uo'
Mr. Pencil Is no mltator' ou' q" w
.hoioa of snbiects and sometimes in the handing
~ them he recalls Mr.. Whistler. he has the same
love of bridges and of alleyways. There Is a ui-
,act,ess of manner about most of these plates 'i'
.ncoests outdoor work. whether they were actuany
40 dooc ar not The leaving INCREASED OF Por'lopS
drawn I'm hut not bitten helps this impreSsoh' in0
,,o,bods Inv which the effects are PRODUCED vary
considerably. Sometimes il is by very il'''o WIN
iudiciously disposed, rs IN below Atlan''c wy
sometimes by great faIthfulness OF detau Us ~ many
of the street scenes sometimes the prih,ins
onto sirn,le and sometimes highly ARTIFICIAL ana
again the plates seem to have been snplecleu "
aaua tint or some kindred process usually wv
treatmen. Is bold occasionally dehcats' anu AZ "
few instances. as in AT Lynchburg'' the naho''"s
Is too harsh for work TO be viewed near az "'"'"
As instances OF skill i'll getting pleasing rcS"i'
from n collection of box-like houses, OF troh
c,oun Of poral!cl lines, we mention the " Cailow-
lin Street BRIDGE aud water Street Stairs NO.
% The scalrolding about n great pubIic bnldlhg
has beon ntilized.for two plates, and in one, ne
last of the scaffolding" the artist has had run
onnortunity TO display the frocsomene'' tna'
ornears in most of the plates IN the ouu-
;tv of his Signature. In this instance ne
;ncindes caricature of himself among inc
attractions of Barnums great SNOW "'
cot forth by posters on the fence about inc lncun
gsis 6%idiqg iT9 S%a among the very best
We sbould place the - Brass Foundry. nc ii'Vo
"AlleywayD must not be left unmentoncn GOOD
There are four Ncw-Orlcans suOleGis', an go ~
INT onr nreference would be for " Madame Dcir,
phines," and next perhaps Tor Sleur CO..
both illustrations Of Ola Oreole L45 = Cor fhTee
fIement Pilot Town, furnishes subjects loI tlloo
large plates the best beng we think, An Az W
en- Venice" Both in Philadelphia ana III nc" w
Orleans we fancy his plates must have NaluG 10
antquarans for in the most realistic ilanueI ofior
and masters are copied and among them very oI''"
oDpears the etcher's signature - .bo
~ . have left ourselves no room 10 speak Q, wy
Italian subjects "The Doorway, Venice" ana
fhe :. Ducal Urbino" please us best. - CT,
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tecnth-sf publish Alr Pencils works Doth NJ
home and abroad.