New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-18

upon his painterke sketch Of the Brooklyn broge or
other etcAings we must on to Mr.. Parrish VINO mas
contributed ten plates, for the most part depicting
scenes abroad,
Mr. Parrish's 81 Port OF NIECE is the slightest Of
skcsches but the water shipping and hills with the
principal forms merely outlined worth notice as
an illustration OF the selection Of essentials which
certainly indicates a surer artistic vision than the
labored nsstance of plates like or more exhaustive
than Nos "a and 25. This is an unimportant plate,
Lac hng the spirit of certain others, but 1t shows an
astibds toward the subject which is worth notice.
This attitude Illustrated again in the drawing of the
foreuound in No. 113, plate however, which suf-
fers from the meaningless DARKNESS of the houses and
tho weak foliage No. Ill might be cited also, but
our limitations forbid detailed discussions Mr. Par
rishs harber scenes are his most important plates
IN one sense, and their vigor viii be readily recog-
nired Mr. Penneps etching of St. Paul's from
housetop indicates an effort at accurate rather than
picturesque architectural drawing and the result is
striking although there Is some absence of personal
force Moreover the distance TO the street below is
expressed but vaguely, and the blank space on INC
right Is not explained. Mr.. Pennen sends an inter
sstug study Of Old Chelsea and an effective etching
OF Temple Bar, with grouping of hurrying figures
sbout the rampant griffin which may recall Meryon
10 those who mako much of the vaguest resemoiances
Among the announcements on the boardings "o rosu
sJoseph PenneIrs copper plates arc good" an auemp'
At facetousness which involves question Oh 'as'e.
II will be profitable TO return to the corhor oi
psintor-etchings in order that we may ho'e '"o W
Mrs ]. H. Twechtman and Mr.. Roland Rood lhese
are typical Of many plates done by arus's earnestly
desous Of suggestive rather than conclusive express
SION and vet unaware that II is not enough merely 10
draw IN outline or TO follow whistler IN inc use VI
the broken line These e'chlngs is0A
the personal accent and emphasis when I'M
part distinctive value 10 any work OF art ana more
ovsr they lack the power Of adapting means 10
speoiai ends The central etching in this panel is
Mr. wtnsIow Homer's reproduction OF his watercolor
venresenttnc two fisher girls mending nets upon the
beach The present Impression seems TO have peen
tsksn from clean-wiped plate ana the tFea'meh'
has been very simple. almost entirely In pure me-
e reserve of the execution is an interesting feature
~ n pato which is q truthful rendering OF form anu
wa arc led 10 suppose. of the general tonaliy OIL
ths original Near at hand We find an example
of an unsuccessful attempt at suggestion IN MI
Coxs,s asunset Beach" where few elos appear
Ike flies in milk. beneath leaden toD-neaVy sAy
much moro carefully wrought than the toresrouio
nut Mr Coke has done much better WORK Contn-
ming along the wall VIC note Mr.. Lawrence's study
40 m, hong law swell of the sea. MI kings
rcnroduction OF Mr. Mflet, cold but admiraoie
niece of mechanical work. which Is folo"eu py
Mr. Fenn,s staring shipyard. Miss Haie's PASTORAL
clever result with dry-point anu retrouSsase' Rii'
parrish's stirring Fecamps, etchinS ny MI, MIA
ana Mr Fsrrer, who interprets aptH inc ioo.
a ~. landscapes an excellent but vugarly printed
etching of shecp by Mr.. Lathrop, Dr. fale's nuSu~
onr az certainty in the selection Of essentials anu
rsn,a INTERPRETATION and etchings by Messrs MONKS
sartain, King, f. O. Jones. and MI bAcnel, ~"o''
work this year is comparatively inconsequon"s.
Amone the reproductive etchlngs there Is no pet'er
.snsIation ~ the spirit of the painter than Mr. Eiehe
h.rgers etching after Mr. Inness. The etcher mas
realized the SOFT fluent, yet neFvousv forcioie prn
work of the painter. and reproduced his pecunafls
sumptuous effects. There arc fauits III 'no .oA'"0
of the foreground the drawing OF inc raSSeu t'eeS
IN he distance and the rendering OF the skV put the
atch,ne remains a remarkable example OF sympa-
tbetic Interpretation. Another important repro.
duotdyo plate is Mr. Thomas Morans Mountain Oh
the Holy Cross etched after the artists weiEAno""
painting, which IS owned, We believe Dy mI. hos-
well smith. Whatever may be said OF slr hior~nS
work weakness is hardly to be charged against IL
ana his yQorous use Of line is IN evidence lst ID
can hardly be thought that the spotty and seraehy
effects and lack Of Capitalization have been renoefeu
necessary By the original Mr. Van Etten shows some
soft ground etchings Of much interest ana M MY ga'
exhibits some promising essays WIN inc az. ne.
There are two stchings OF hnnneiy scnnes 0S ni'S -
NV Miss Blanche DiIlaye. an etcher VINO mas o0n-
trtbuted many good examples OF freehano epeni'h -
our exhibitions. Mr.. sydney L Smith shows q ueius
executed Life study, with an unsauslao'o.s i
derng of Bastien lie Pages Joan OF Arc ness's.
Sy,rs, ana clifford are among the direct etchers. and
their work, We need hardly say, is not 10 DC over
,oot.d Messrs ferris w. Goodrich Beai, MonAs,
sartaln. schilling and c. Y. Turner may be nsineo
among other contributors of work. In many cases
possessing decided interest and value
A, other times we have noted the curious misuse
n, tho rcmaroue which has become common Oh
recent years ana Il must be said that this abuse SHOWS
few signs Of abatement. The original sighincanoo
~ the rouaruue has been forgotten Inc remaspee
~ today is supplementary picture intended 20
increase the interest or u the 81 rmaqae is now an
stemr to add another chapter 70 st9r hirnsSed
sEtraordnsy sass sschinr Of boy smoking his
ffst pipe IS supplemented by remaraue SNOWY" nS
The boy 81 tasts IHs win be sy settled
By visitors Mr. sthrops etching 81 seeep rn ana ana
gsmssRRs son BY shows su eSua power in
n; esADs Of AID. TOAD % his aS
wagon gupid wing upon his back, in order to obtain
an uncomfortable aim at the picture soOSe RosGs
SSp'epP e,e MN Moran generously Furnishes sheep in the
remsrese, Just Mr. King has added haypS o1sg
IS0 " HI, TAG%ss aSIe y
the nor uI sSs vai aEeM LaSbsr after presenting
boat in No 60 hastens 70 explain Inc pans q To
scmprehension Of the story, Mr. Turner adds 70 John
Aidcn's Letter sketch of the Puritan Priscilla.
DIT scbnr after Mr. inness stand alone
has added both portrait OF the painter ana .nsd n
as in No 55 where etching Of wsser ess . no Re
water as remar2ue or IN MI haat u added 10 the
boats in the original But these examples are sum
ccnt 10 illustrate change in the use Sdsen ,ne
remarQue which is presumably one OF many inueiensl
bic concessions to an unreasoning demand Amaieus
have not been slow TO observe that an etcnng T b
cannot stand BY itself IS logical sequence, 70 DC
regarded with disgust An etching, lke palth nhIG
Is TO be accepted as complete work. ana tne Sn a
which requires explanations supplements OF ISac
tcay Intrinsic embellishments, may fairly DC heia 70
snt confession the the PS sa 81 snd the pubic
demand remarues and fair 70 make al a9e s sf S
hava nfrot al