Description: A Plate From:THE UNKNOWN RIVER By Philip Gilbert Hamerton Artist: Philip Gilbert Hamerton (British. 1834 - 1894) Title: (Plate from The Unknown River) Medium: Original etching Date: 1871Condition: Light damp stain to upper right corner, traces of foxing, roughness to binding edge (here, the top edge), otherwise a strong impression that should present nicely when matted and framed. Measurements: Sheet, about 6-3/4 x 10-1/4; plate, 3 x 4-1/2 inches. Notes: A plate from the first edition of The Unknown River, "a visual essay on the beauty of the Arroux river, etched from nature by the author...”. Subtitled “An Etcher’s Voyage of Discovery,” this canoe trip down the river Arroux in the Morvan district in eastern France provided Hamerton with “the beauty of natural scenery” that inspired his art. Highly regarded as art critic for the Saturday Review and founder of the art journal The Portfolio, Hamberton documented the art of print-making in his Graphic Arts (1882), where he explained the technical and creative processes used in the production of woodcuts, drypoint, soft-ground etching, line engraving, aquatint, mezzotint, and lithography. His original etchings in The Unknown River were printed from copperplates that were actually etched in the field— Hamberton had prepared 60 plates in advance and worked on them directly from nature. Biography:Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1834 - 1894), was an English artist, art critic and author. His first literary attempt, a volume of poems, was unsuccessful, leading him to devote himself for a time entirely to landscape painting; he camped out in the Scottish Highlands.Discovering after a time that he was more suited to art criticism than painting, he moved to France, where he produced Painter's Camp in the Highlands (1863), which was very successful and prepared the way for his standard work on Etching and Etchers (1866). In the following year he published Contemporary French Painters, and in 1868 a continuation, Painting in France after the Decline of Classicism. He became art critic to the Saturday Review, then he proceeded to establish an art journal of his own, The Portfolio, a monthly periodical, each number of which consisted of a monograph upon some artist or group of artists, frequently written and always edited by him. The discontinuation of his painting gave him time for writing, and he successively produced The Intellectual Life (1873), perhaps the best known and most valuable of his writings; Round my House (1876), notes on French society by a resident; and Modern Frenchmen (1879), admirable short biographies. He also wrote two novels, Wenderholme (1870) and Marmorne (1878). In 1884 Human Intercourse, another volume of essays, was published. In 1882 he issued a finely illustrated work on the technique of the great masters of various arts, under the title of The Graphic Arts, and three years later another splendidly illustrated volume, Landscape. His last books were: Portfolio Papers (1889) and French and English (1889). ............................................... Shipping at $4.95 anywhere USA, expedited shipping is available, international bidders are welcome.
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Restocking Fee: No
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Features: Framed, Signed
Width (Inches): 10.25"
Production Technique: etching
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Subject: Landscape
Size: Small (up to 12in.)
Framed/Unframed: Framed
Material: Etching
Height (Inches): 6.75"
Print Surface: Paper
Art: Print
Time Period Produced: 1850-1899
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
Artist: PHILIP GILBERT HAMERTON
Year of Production: 1871
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Edition Type: Limited Edition
Style: Realism
Type: Print
