Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-04-28


"a polished copper plate 10 covered with q
ground Of varnish prepared for NE pur-
pose and upon II the design 10 drawn. line
for line, ~ Il IN intended % spuaer IN
paper, with sharp needle which scratches
through the varnish 10 the plate and issves
the metal bare When the design 10 com-
pleted the surface of the plsss a aoodsd
with squafortia This Astacks the spots aid
pare ~ the needle, without penetrating
where the vsrnisb II untouched, and bite
into the copper. When the finer lines are
deep enough the acid II poured of, and
they are covered or stopped out with var
nisn, Inc scid 70 spilled again and again
In this way, biting the lines 70 the depth re.
quired, the heaviest and s,ropseet lines
naturally receiving the most biting. The
etcners eye and bis knowledge are bis
only guides In this procesa and q miscalcu.
iation In the strength Of the scid or the time
II % permitted to remain on the plate often
ramns,L rnins . Hue hns rort," Then the artist
touches with the dry point Some stohers
indeed mako almost the whole picture with
the dry point alone. The lines thus treated
receive burr, or raised edge, from the
plowing up OF the metal by the needle,
which gives 2 peculiar softness TO their
edges In printing. In ordinary engraving
this burr 10 carefully polished swsy.
After the plate II ready, the Ink IL daubed
over II, and carefully wiped of, % on an
engraving, except that much OF the effect
depends upon the manipulation of the
plate. For instance special effects are pro.
duced by leaving q thin flm of ink over
portions OF the plato In this way the dell
cato shades OF sky and water, and rich
sweeps OF shadow are made Or ink Of
different degrees OF thickness IL used for
the heavier and the fainter lines In all
this the printer must depend upon his ar
etchings must be very carefully dried .
thefn is brought out in heavy masses
and ridges, aud IL easily rubbed and
smeared before II 10 perfectly dry or set
The same grades OF proofs are made OF
etchings ss Of engravings.
The most valuable of all etchings are the
Remark Proofs Of original designs, called
"Painter Etchings." They have all the
valuo OF original work, showing the spirit
and methods Of the artist Just az q SIX etch
or painting would. Their value Ia sill
further enhanced II they are American
copyrights, As then they cannot be repro
duced, aud are apt TO increase In mark OF
value from year to year. Mr.. Barr has
among his most recent etchings several
Painter Il chipRs of great beauty by artists
like Hamilton, Van Elten, Bellows, Monks,
Miela'z and others ~ famous. Whoever
owns a Remark or Artists Proof OF one OF
them owns an originrI work Of art OF
the first order, ana one that will grow
more valuable the older 1t gets. "Rspro-
ductivs Etcbings" are not original
designs, but copiea OF pictures by other
artists. Among the best If our repro
duciive etchers are s S1irlaw, Ferris, King,
Parrish, Hamilton and few others. Mr..
Barr has, or had the other day, two little
Remark Proofs Of copyrighted painter
etchings which to my mind are amcn n Z
the finest have ever seen. The rst IL bv
Miela'z entitled When the day len gthens
the cold strengthens" and the other " On
the ut: Ciair," by Eaton. stepping
stones" Ia one OF the most recent and
finest reproductive etchiugs; and I ike
The Cleaners" by King, very much too
lfyou want to see for yourself the differ
ence between genuinely good etching and
decidedly inferior one, Just com pare one
OF these with several others he has In the
store, for example with the one call Cd
"The Hanging of the Crane"
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One OF tho oommonost ways In which
buyers and dealers are often cheated In thu
matter OF epgravipgs and etchings is this
A process has been discovered by which
the plate OF picture, after being engraved
or etched, is steel-fsced, and so hardened
| tA"S "A"oSs my VI pI6eeiOuo CAI
be taken from 1t without It's showing any
| signs OF wear, so that the thousandth im,
| preston gives almost or quite a
| good picture as the first This bsing tn
case artistH and publishers are to b
found dishonest enough to Remark or sigl
any number OF editions and pass them q
as Remark or Artists Proofs. The innocep
purchaser who then thinks he has one @
the first fifty or first two hundred iulpres
| sions and has paid for 1t accordingly, ma,
| sll tho time have only one of what Is reailI
an unlimited number OF prints. or cours
no responsible and honorable publishe
| Will condeEcend 10 such fraud and tn
only protection the buyer has is In pur
| chasing from dealer who Thoroughly un
derstands bis business, and who deals dI
rectly and only with first class, responsible
publishers, besides being an honest an,
honorable man himself
III had time to-day ! should Ike yet 4
say few words on the important suhjec
OF framing pictures, which Is In itself a,
art, for the finest picture can be ruined b,
an inappropriate frame. In fact have se OF
this very thing done In more than one cas-,
| right here In our city. 1t IL phase OF tn,
| general subject on which there IL preya
| lent vast deal Of ignorance and deficien
| taste. Rut have not time to enter upon
now. Just ask Mr.. Barr himself about A
| for OF this too he has made special study
and can give you all the Information yol
want uSCAs.