Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1834 -1894) was an English etcher who was an advocate for England’s n
Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1834 -1894) was an English etcher who was an advocate for England’s nineteenth-century etching revival. This treatise on etching includes examples from several artists. The etching of a medieval Flemish home was created by Adolphe Lalauze. The etching of a street in Blois, Loire Valley, France was created by Alfred-Louis Brunet-Debaines. This book is bound in red goatskin. The endpapers are covered in damask cloth and the fly-leaves have a marbled pattern. Images from Philip Gilbert Hamerton’s Etchings & Etchers. London: Macmillan and Co., 1876. Call Number: NE1980 .H36 1876 Catalog record: https://bit.ly/2DY65XK -- source link
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