The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-17
PRINTS SHOW
ENGRAVERS' BEST
Arlcnt Edwards's Work In
Color Feature at Com
ing Sale.
MRS. A. L. BARRIERS BOOKS

A. the American Art Galleries There
are on exhibition, previous to a sale on
March 90. 200 prints covering $50 years
Of the engraver's art and IN
teresting examples Of almost every
method Of engraving. They have bee
assembled by J. r. Sabin.
To many the collection Of eneravings
OF s. Arlent Edwards will he the most
interesting. Only once before has such
q complete collcrt.on Of this artists work
been offered at public ale. This en-
gravcr prints his own plates In color and
n destroys them, issuing only a frac-
| ton OF the Impressions that the public
| LENA nds. He WAS the first enxraver In
| modern times 10 print IN color and FOR
some time held the field to himself. To
day he has many rivals. but his prints
| ha never lost their popularity.
The engraving Of "Mona Lisa well
| shows his Kill In the blending Of color
on the copper plate. The "Pr!ncess
| Beaujolsis" In this collection is the first
| impression Of this plate. Another IA
yo-!te plate is 'IOuisc dc Bourbon.
Duchess Of Maine sometimes spoken
OF AZ bubbles" ~ II depicts "A Young
| sirl who has jus, blown a soap bubble
which aoats across the picture. Lacy
Hamilton Mrs. Benwelr' and other
examines ISSUED several wears ago are
| also shown.
While the seventeenth century en-
rravsSi portraits may not appeal To 40
wide M audience. the collectors ~ least
will be- Interested In the quality OF the
present Impressions. One OF the larG
est print IL the Duke of Hamilton.
bv V~anderbane. and Il II ALEC one OF
| the most attractive. This print ana
/ most OF the similar engravirgs came
| from n collection formed q hundred years
TX and kept safe bc,ween the leaves
o. a large hook made for 'he purpose.
The large heads Of the Count OF
Nassau" b. De,f. the famous Dutch
cuerayer ~ the seventeenth century. are
| ro;,vortly. -heIr deep richness con-
trssting with tho brilliant but more deli
cate. work of Sarteuil. who Is repre-
sen;ed b. his portraits Of "Beaumano'r
de Lavardlr.' both IN Hrst states. MAJ
so,,. Msryon, Hedlev Elton and IN"
American Vaughan T~'rowbridge are AL
1 represented ny cN'f.A'lll unbl'SN'lF
one wall H. covered wfh dccprativ"
subjects by eighteenth century French
li'.e ergrave-s. There is a nrst state
nrzzotir. hy carbon showing George
III. and Mis- family a u.zzotirt pntt7ai'
Of Brnedic. Arnold Shows hin before
he became 4 traitor there are leRa.
portraits. B~Srtolozzi 0-iS's ain an early
example Of Wheatley's London cry.
Selling pease.'
In the sam q ~par:nnut q! The Anert-
can Art Association Il being shown IN"
library OF the LATE Mrs. A'nzl 7. ttrhe-.
the sale OF which begins March 90.
II includes many important lhrars seq
and interesting works on EgNpiology,
occultism and mythology. Among ths
special rar.ties are a first edition al
The Casket." by Bryon. with the lis'
o. the subscribers names an extra
illustrated copy of the 'irsr complete
collected ,i!'!,n OF 8ryou. Chapman
and Ha.i's l.h,sr. edition Of Carlyle
bound ny Tout tn. "F:xefuplarv Novel,
- ~t-lvaates' tie T|iii,rs.i edition ~.
Mark rwa.E AL extra Illustrated lie
%: Cru!kshdnk first edition o: Dickens
lli.pt's monograph on the 'Ittra.
d!seida': a set of English dramtt!J
Biographies; the "L.ber Scrip,orum" o!
The Authors Club a collection OF Snake
speare prints. and RosacC!o's "Tc,tru de-
C!elo,' containing an early description,
o! America.