New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
Prints, Plain and Colored, from Many
Sources.

The rival of the little picture at TINS
time is the print. IL fills nearly every
gallery TO overlooking. In more thah
one case il is, necessarily, an old IA
miliar friend, but there are a lew cases
where these exhibitions have an ele-
ment OF freshness in item. Inc GRO
ljer Clubs show of the old trade cards
and announcements OF french ana
English engravers, printers ana Dooh-
sellers offers a case IN point. some OF
the specimens are mere oddities or nave
a nurelv historical interest. Most OIL
them are amusing works OF art. Inc
french types especially, representative
OF those printers and dealers IN Paris
vvbo have done business with the ar
lists OF Montmartre, brilliantly dem,
onstrate how things with commercial
purpose may be given an aesthetic sig
nifcance. There are evidences mere
too. that the ideas OF France nave
been proiitably exploited IN some Amer
lean quarters.
Another comparatively novel eXhlol-
ton is the one at the Hahlo gallery
which is devoted, as a matter OF fact'
TO figure known for years IN tne
periodical press. This is Dir. timothy
Cole. engraver Of the reproductions
from the cid masters published IN tnt
Century Magazine" That monthly
has made mis- art literally household
word but his blocks yield new I'M
preston when presented IN mas;
with the right mats. lie mas traverse '.'i
all the schools with almost unllo
success. He is not the master OF
striking. intensely personal sIyIe' as
is the Frenchman Lepere, lot
ample. But in reproductive Wo,A tils
is a virtue. rather than hiiuI9iCe.
And style, in a sense, might pelnaps
be ascribed to his beautiful engTa'-
ings They are very pure in tone, very
dignifed. Though his touch IS not
evenly sympathetic. though while com
ing close 10 the spirit OF given master
in one case he may miss ~ IN anotheI
nc invariably produces a block that mas
quality. If he gave US nuances OF
brush work as perfectly as ne gives us
the niceties of form he would De pretty
nearly impeccable.
The Goupil Gallery is hung with tne
works Of the Society of Graver-Print,
ers in Color. an organization chieny OF
Fnglishmen but with several foreleh
members. Wood engravings, etchlhss'
mezzotints and other productions are
disnlaved. Conspicuous are some pot-
traits in dry point by New lorh ar
tist Miss Mathilde de Cordoba Sne
captures the very essence OF chlIahoou
in her studies and she draws with
remarkable fusion of firmness ana sup
nleness These plates Of hers are tor
ability and charm far above what any
one else is doing IN the same ne a.-
Among the architectural suplec,s
which figure in the show those by ~
VerniIleax take high rank. HIS 81 y.
peui,s. from Cheapside," is superb. II
IL nio1ant 10 find this bold craftsman
skiIied in the treatment of big struetj
n ri'' masses, turning from them a. and
executing a pathetic figure subject, Ia
Viscre" in totally different VEN;
NJ frederick Marriott's studies IN old
french towns are workmanlike ana
picturesque. His night scenes are par,
,;cnIarIv good. There are two woo1
cuts done in Venice By, MISS h,nsi
KirLpatrick which please both through
,beir elegance OF line and their hgnt
tones Theodore Roussefs "Moonrse
in The New Forest" detaches itseii ron
its companions as the one BIT OF puTs
poetrv in the show. Lastly We ~oulu
signaiize the decorative blocks o. pea
cocks and phessants by Hans frahS'