. Prints; a brief review of their technique and history . ^f/YnC CATHARINE OF BRAGANZAWilliam Faithonie. THE HON. MISS BINGHAMFrancesco Bartolozzi ENGLAND Kauffmann and of Cipriani. Our illustra-tion, The Hon. Miss Bingham, after SirJoshua Reynolds, shows the Italian engraverat his best. The whole plate is a mass ofminute dots which form the lines and thetones of the portrait. An adaptation, in amore minute grain, of the French crayon-manner, the English stipple lends itself ad-mirably to the smooth blendings and softmodeling of the sweet allegorical plates,which Bartolozzi produced with indef
. Prints; a brief review of their technique and history . ^f/YnC CATHARINE OF BRAGANZAWilliam Faithonie. THE HON. MISS BINGHAMFrancesco Bartolozzi ENGLAND Kauffmann and of Cipriani. Our illustra-tion, The Hon. Miss Bingham, after SirJoshua Reynolds, shows the Italian engraverat his best. The whole plate is a mass ofminute dots which form the lines and thetones of the portrait. An adaptation, in amore minute grain, of the French crayon-manner, the English stipple lends itself ad-mirably to the smooth blendings and softmodeling of the sweet allegorical plates,which Bartolozzi produced with indefatiga-ble industry. Stipple prints quickly gainedthe favor not only of the British public,but also held sway for a while on the Con-tinent. The process was eminently suited,and often used, for color - printing, or forslight suggestions of color introduced in theprinting, to add to their charm. The medium most particularly fosteredin England is mezzotint engraving; orig-inarv from Germanv, it found in the islandkingdom a happy soil for its speedy Lely, Kneller, Gainsborough, Reyn- 111 PRI
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