EXHIBITION OF LITHOGRAPHS BY THE SENEFELDER CLUB OF LONDON, ENGLAND 1 ^ itn RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF — T'E-IGN — CITY ART MUSEUM SAINT LOUIS SPECIAL EXHIBITION CATALOGUE CITY ART MUSEUM SAINT LOUIS EXHIBITION OF LITHOGRAPHS BY MEMBERS OF THE SENEFELDER CLUB OF LONDON, ENGLAND OPENING APRIL 8, 1917 SERIES 1917 NO. 5 ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF CONTROL AND OFFICERS OF THE CITY ART MUSEUM OF ST. LOUIS WILLIAM K. BIXBY President SAMUEL L. SHERER Vice-President DAVID R. FRANCIS MAX KOTANY WILLIAM H. LEE EDWARD MALLINCKRODT CHARLES PARSONS PETTUS THOMAS H. WEST LOUIS LA BEAUME R. A. HOLLAND Director MADELEINE BORGGRAEFE Secretary CHARLES PERCY DAVIS Curator This exhibition is under the management of the American Federation of Arts, and the City Art Museum makes grateful acknowledgment to that organization and to the Senefelder Club for their co-operation in its arrangement. Historical Note HE Senefelder Club of London is so named in honor of Alois Senefelder, a Bavarian, who dis- covered the art of lithography more than 120 years ago. Senefelder was a musician and composer, and began to experiment with printing in an effort to reduce the cost of publishing his compositions. To this end, he secured a press and copper plates upon which to make engravings. Finding the expense of new copper plates greater than he could afford, he resorted to the practice of grinding off the surface of the used plates, employing for this purpose smooth slabs of Kellheim stone. One day his mother requested him to prepare quickly a memo- randum of the laundry which she was sending away, and having no paper at hand, Senefelder wrote the list on the smooth surface of one of his stones, using an ink composed of wax, soap and lamp-black in equal parts. The appearance of the writing at once suggested to him the possibility of taking an impression from the stone. He accordingly applied a solution of aqua fortis, which dissolved the surface of the stone, excepting the portion protected by the greasy ink. The letters were thus made to stand out in relief, and when coated with ink made a fairly good impression. Senefelder improved his invention with still further experiments, and when the full value of his discovery became known, a pension was settled upon him by the King of Bavaria. Before his death in 1834, Senefelder had brought the process of lithography to a remarkable degree of per- fection. Catalogue ALBERT BAERTSOEN 1 Hiver a Londres 2 Charing Cross Bridge 3 Waterloo Bridge ANTHONY R. BARKER 4 The Wind 5 The Bend in the Stream 6 Belgium in Peace 7 The Road to Long 8 St. Marks, Venice 9 The Rainbow HARRY BECKER 10 Woodcutters 1 1 Ploughing 12 The Plough 13 Felling Trees 14 Summer, 1914 1 5 Mower FRANK BRANGWYN 16 Columbus Sighting the New World JOHN COPLEY 17 Le Monde ou L’on S’Amusb 18 In the City 19 The Sick King 20 Over the Cities 21 Rome: The Cafe Greco 22 Nemi: Priests of the Sacred Grove 23 Florence: The Grain Market 24 Monte Pisano: Olive Gatherers ETHEL GABAIN (Mrs. John Copley) 25 Revellers 26 Stripes and Black 27 The West Wind 28 The Mirror 29 The Wedding Morning, Second State 30 Profile Fin 31 Si Les Bijoux Etaient Indiscrets 32 Depart Fantastique J. McLURE HAMILTON 33 Tomb in Bath Abbey 34 The Bishop 35 Girl Sitting in Chair 36 Sketch B 37 Sketch No. i (1910) 38 Sketch (1911) 39 Sketch No. 4 (1911) A. S. HARTRICK The Almshouses at Cobham, Kent 40 The Hall 41 The Warden’s Post 42 The Dungeon 43 The Ex-Publican 44 The Seamstress 45 The College 46 Truth Rising From Her Well 47 Calvary 48 The Widower 49 A Tinker Mother and Child MISS E. A. HOPE 50 The Gypsies 51 The Wine Taster 52 Corner of the Quay 53 Fauns Drinking 54 Pan Pipes 55 Satyr Music 56 Tambour Battant E. ERNEST JACKSON 57 The Fur Coat 58 The Black Hat 59 The Old Model 60 L’Effet de Lumiere 61 The Garden 62 The Chateau at Amboise 63 Chiswick Mall, London J. KERR-LAWSON 64 “Los PoBREs:’' Spanish Gypsies, Set of Six 65 St. Paul’s 66 St. Martin in the Fields 67 London Bridge 68 Boston, Lincolnshire, England MRS. MARY McDOWALL 69 At Her Mirror 70 The Chinese Robe 71 Morning 72 Flower Sellers 73 Girl’s Head 74 Standing Figure JOSEPH PENNELL 75 Work in America : Great Mill at Gary 76 Steps of the Capitol, Washington 77 The Dome From the Avenue, Wash- ington 78 The Harbour, Genoa 79 Work in Italy: Marble City Under THE Marble Mountains 80 Old and New Rome 81 The Carrier, Carrara 82 Venice: Rebuilding the Campanile, 1911 83 Work in Italy: Civita Vecchia: The Boat From Sardinia 84 Work in Holland G. SPENCER PRYSE Belgium, 1914 85 Fugitives 86 Fugitives at Sea 87 The Wayside Crucifix The Autumn Campaign 88 The Fall of Ostend, Scene on the Digue During Embarkation of Troops 89 Third Cavalry Division in Ghent, Oct. 12, 1914 90 The Fall of Ostend, Scene in the Gare Maritime 91 A Stretcher Party in Champagne, Sept. 28, 1914 92 Antwerp, Grande Place, Sept. 10, 1914 93 Indians and Motor ’Busses Near Pope- singhe 94 The Retreat of the Seventh Division AND Third Cavalry on Ypres 95 Fugitives in Soissons, Sept. 25, 1914 96 British Cavalry Bivouac During the Battle on the Aisne D. A. VERESMITH 97 Alice 98 The New Slave 99 The Boyhood of Rembrandt 100 The Old Sheikh 101 Old Hall 102 The Last of the McGraths I i T he city art MUSEUM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC EVERY DAY, FROM TEN A.M. TO FIVE P.M. ADMISSION IS FREE. 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