American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . credit for what it did,in the teeth of prejudice, at a time when goodprinting and good engraving were but late Mr. Putnam also deserves mentionfor similar venturous liberality in those youngerdays. Irvings Sketch Book, produced by him in1852, was the most beautifully got up book thathad then appeared: paper, printing, and margin,of the best and handsomest, with figure designsby Darley and Hoppin, and landscapes, simpleor with figures, by William Hart, Bellew, andothers, — most, if not all, engraved by Richar
American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . credit for what it did,in the teeth of prejudice, at a time when goodprinting and good engraving were but late Mr. Putnam also deserves mentionfor similar venturous liberality in those youngerdays. Irvings Sketch Book, produced by him in1852, was the most beautifully got up book thathad then appeared: paper, printing, and margin,of the best and handsomest, with figure designsby Darley and Hoppin, and landscapes, simpleor with figures, by William Hart, Bellew, andothers, — most, if not all, engraved by Richard-son. The landscapes have more of tone in themthan had been usual before; the figure subjectsare clean and firm, but generally poor in line,without much feeling of the pencil. A few havemore color and a richer line. Some minute andvery delicate outlines will also be found here, ex-cellently printed. The book is worth referring tofor these, and also as fairly representing Rich-ardsons work. Knickerbockers Histoty of NewYork, of the same date, by the same publisher,. KU
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