The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-15

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ste~dv mourning during their sbe-nc-.
Mr. heppsl with his nvipcible love for black
and white shows some sixty odd mcxso-
tints and -tipple- % 10 u necessary To sddp
the English school. who.o says meszo-
tints says English. The sxhib,t 10 not
large. but choice: the names represented
ars thoes 81 John Smith. John Simon. John
Dean. John Raphael Smith truly a Raphael
among men II the -William Ward.
George Heating. Samuel William Reynolds.
best known as \. W. Reynolds; samuel Cous-
ms, he last of the classic mezzotinters
The stipplers are John Jones, Francesca
Rartolozzi. John Keyse Sherwin. Robert
Thew. William Dickinson. Peter Simon.
Thomas Ryder. Thomas Burke. Charles
Wilkin and Thomas Watson. A goodiy
array. Ih noble and harmonious art ~
mezzotinting may be studied here In a great
variety OF styles. methods Of treatment
ranging from the sleek and vivacious to
the profound. John Smith is represented
by portraits Of her Highness Princess Anne.
Mrs. Carter. both after Sir Godfrey Kneller.
and the Lady Carteret, after Kerseboom.
This latter plate 10 the second among four
states. II il warm and sonorous. Sir
Godfrey also painted Smiths portrait.
according to Alfred whitman, in 1895.
IL is considered to be among Kneller's best.
job Simon was a close rival OF John Smith.
His portrait OF the Princess OF Wales. Au-
gusta. is rare. John Deans work il full Of
sweetness. freedom and delicacy. He exc
cuted many plates after Reynolds: "Collina."
Infant st. John. boy in Venetian Dress. "
"Schoolboy." Mercury Cupid as Link
Boy" Girl Holding Bird" and Moses
in the Bullrushes.' all these engraved, says
Whitman. between the years i173 and IT'S.
The Bird" is in this present exhibition.
a roguish girl after Reynolds with a vagrant
gypsy air OF great charm. Interesting is
the "Bacchante" after Sir Joshua, being
n portrait Of Emma Hart. afterward Lady
Hamilton. IL 10 mezzotinted by John
Raphael Smith. who is further represented
by portraits of Miss Cumberland, after
Romney; Theophila Palmer, after Sir
Joshua (these names evoke pages OF Jane
Austen; Mrs. Payne Galwey and son. and
four plates after George Morland. The
latter's brother in-law. William Ward. has
several after Morland. one a fine open letter
proof, THE Farmers Stable" a compost
ton fairly redolent Of eighteenth century.
unspoiled. rustic England.
Samuel Cousins was born in 1901 and
died in 1887. with a record almost breath
catching OF over seventy working years.
A specimen OF his finished art is Mas
ter L~ambton." after Lawrence. an i'm
preston of which is said to have brought
III pounds sterling. II was executed at
the age OF 20. Bartolozzi has some fifteen
plates here. several variants Of the same
plate. Reynolds's -'The Girl With the
Kitten" is notew orthy; also a portrait OF
Theophila Palmer, who sat FOR Sir Joshua's
STRAW berry Girl" The Watson plate,
printed in bistre. 10 after Sir Joshua and is
the well known st. Cecilia" It 10 no ex-
aggeration to predict that the time will
come when English mezzotints will be
the most satisfactory record Of the classic
school of English portrait painting.
Not shown in connection with these old
mezzotints. but in another part Of the gal
lery. Is a modern mezzotint by y. A. Boerner
executed in 1909 afier Cornelius De vos
Q5s5-l85l) the Dutchman. being a portrait
Of his children. called Two Little Sisters."
Boerner mexxotinted his subject in eigh-
teenth century manner AT the suggestion
Of Mr.. David Keppel. and Notwithstanding
the elaborate accessories the human inter-
est Of the heads Ia never diverted. Further
more. the air and quality Of the period are
admirably maintained. A novelty which
Mr.. KeppeI 10 loath to show happens to be
a remarkable etched plate after Rem
brandt's "Three Trees" Still more remark
able is it's history. To any but the expert
this etching would pass for an original
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