A short history of engraving [and] etching : for the use of collectors and students; with full bibliography, classified list and index of engravers . (1797) and John JonessMiss Kemble (1784) show how well his drawings appear in stippleand crayon, and they possess just that style which characterises thebest original work by Jones, Smith, and AVard. Of John Jones we would mention in i)articular two plates after J^im , Ladv I/a//iiV^o;i (i-jS5), and Serena {Miss Stieyd, 1790),as comparable to his Miss Kemble in lightness of touch. Hismore purely stippled work in the heavier manner, e.
A short history of engraving [and] etching : for the use of collectors and students; with full bibliography, classified list and index of engravers . (1797) and John JonessMiss Kemble (1784) show how well his drawings appear in stippleand crayon, and they possess just that style which characterises thebest original work by Jones, Smith, and AVard. Of John Jones we would mention in i)articular two plates after J^im , Ladv I/a//iiV^o;i (i-jS5), and Serena {Miss Stieyd, 1790),as comparable to his Miss Kemble in lightness of touch. Hismore purely stippled work in the heavier manner, Robinetta(1787) after Reynolds, is less successful, and shows some of thefaults of drawing and little of the strength of his mezzotints. Alarge full length of the Duke of York, 1790 (Reynolds), will sufficeto demonstrate the inefficiency of the stipple method to representthe tone of pictures on a large scale. John Raphael Smith did a considerable number of fancy portraits J- R- ^ original subject prints in the methods of stipple and crayon. 298 CRAYON MANNER AND STIPPLE Of the fancy portraits we may mention the Thoughts on a Sing/e. ..jV*!--^/. f ^-* . Fig. 102—William Ward. Louisa. Life (1787), and the pair, Narcissa and FlirtiUa (1787), as goodexamples of the lighter method, while his Widow (i 791) is at least WILLIAM WARD—WILLIAM WALKER 299 a brave attempt at rendering depth of tone by stipple. A portraitof Miss Hervey is of some interest, as it shows a curiously roughmixture of aquatint and etching with stipple. Besides originalwork, there are numerous stippled plates after Morland, Deliain Town and Delia in the Country (1788), and the Tavet-n Door(1789). Both Jones and Smith are surpassed by William Ward in the William Warsphere of stipple and crayon. His original fancy portraits areamong the most attractive work that has been produced in thefield. The Louisa of 1786 (Fig. 102) is perhaps the best of these,but many other charming plates might be mention
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