There was a period of great activity in American etching a few years ago. Among the most notable results were Cassell's Portfolios of the work of American etchers, edited by Mr. S. R. Koehler. But the art seems now to be languishing. Mr. Frank Duveneck, Mr. Otto Bacher, Mr. Stephen Parrish, Mr. Charles Platt, Mrs. Mary Nimmo Moran did some of the best original work, while, as reproductive men, Peter and Thomas Moran, Stephen Ferris, and J. D. Smillie were most notable. However, this brief spontaneous movement toward individual expression unfortunately seems rather to have spent itself; and America, like so many other countries, is waiting for something new to turn up.
BY S. PARRISH. FROM A DRAWING IN “THE CONTINENT.”
BY GILBERT GAUL. FROM “THE CENTURY MAGAZINE.”
BY SELWYN IMAGE. FROM “THE FITZROY PICTURES” SERIES (BELL).
