American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . son) has since confirmed me, that Lossings statementis incorrect. Only two, instead of eight subjects, were en-graved by him, copied, it would seem, from copper plates,only using white line instead of black: one by Ridinger,Returning from the Boar-Hunt, its measurement slightlydifferent from that given by Lossing; the other after Teniers,Waterfowl, a square subject Il|- by 8-| inches. I supposehe may have executed these as a trial of strength, or asa speculation, with hope of having the series taken up bysome publisher; a
American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . son) has since confirmed me, that Lossings statementis incorrect. Only two, instead of eight subjects, were en-graved by him, copied, it would seem, from copper plates,only using white line instead of black: one by Ridinger,Returning from the Boar-Hunt, its measurement slightlydifferent from that given by Lossing; the other after Teniers,Waterfowl, a square subject Il|- by 8-| inches. I supposehe may have executed these as a trial of strength, or asa speculation, with hope of having the series taken up bysome publisher; and that, disappointed in this hope, hedid not care to complete the sets. The Ridinger (a verylarge cut) speaks for itself. No more vigorous piece ofpure white line work has been done outside of the Bewickcircle. By pure white line I mean a line drawn withmeaning by the graver. The Teniers, a reedy lake with wild ducks in the water and othersflying, and some rabbits under trees on a bank, is scarcely if at all inferior to the other. Thedate of 1818 is engraved on From the Faisles of Pilpay.
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