ms*** HIS IS A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THE PUBLISHED MEZZOTINT ENGRAVINGS OF S. ARLENT - EDWARDS ENGRAVED AND PRINTED IN COLOR BY HIM AT ONE PRINTING WITHOUT RETOUCHING Copyright 1910 by E) L. Knoedler New York S. ARLENT-EDWARDS BY MISS MARIE A. HYDE / No. No. Title. From. Pub. 1. Lady Hallett. T. Gainsborough. 135. 2. Duchess of Devonshire T. Gainsborough. 125. 3. Lady Sheffield T. Gainsborough. 135. 4. Emma, (Lady Hamil¬ ton). George Romney. 175. 5. Bosom Friends. (Miss Bowles) Sir J. Reynolds. 175. 6. Lady Hamilton as Na¬ ture George Romney. 225. 7. Countess Spencer. Sir J. Reynolds. 175. 8. The Frankland Sisters John Hoppner. 175. 9. Lady Anne Bingham. Sir J. Reynolds. 175. Gallery. Rothschild. J. P. Morgan. Rothschild. Rothschild. Wallace. H. C. Frick. Spencer. Tennant. Spencer. No. No. Title. From. Pub. 10. Patience. (Mrs. Drum¬ mond Smith.) George Romney. 175. 11. Mrs. Sarah Siddons. T. Gainsborough. 125. 12. Mrs. Benwell. George Romney. 175. 13. The Blue Boy. (Jona¬ than Buttall.) T. Gainsborough. 175. 14. Nature. (Calmady Children). Sir T. Lawrence. 175. 15. The Pink Boy. T. Gainsborough. 175. 16. Mrs. Davenport. George Romney. 175. 17. Lady Elizabeth Comp- Sir J. Reynolds. 175. ton. 18. Countess Grosvenor. Sir T. Lawrence. 225. Gallery. Northampton. National. Westminster Huntington Rothschild. Bromley-Dav¬ enport. Chesham. Sutherland. No. No. Title. From. Pub. Gallery. 19. Mrs. John Douglas. T. Gainsborough. 150. Rothschild. 20. Duchess of Devonshire and Child. Sir J. Reynolds. 135. Devonshire. 21. Mrs. Robinson. T. Gainsborough. 135. Wallace. 90 A-*- • Visit to The Boarding School. George Morland. 175. Wallace. 23. Mrs. Norton. T. Gainsborough. 175. Rothschild. 24. Countess of Mexbor- ough. John Hoppner. 175. 25. Mrs. Mears. T. Gainsborough. 175. Rothschild. i No. Title. From. No. Pub. Gallery 26. Adelaide as Diana. J. M. Nattier. 175. A T ersailles. 27. Henrietta as Flora. J. M. Nattier. 175. Versailles. 28. Marie Louise. J. M. Nattier. 125. Versailles. 29. Sympathy. J. B. Greuze. 225. Wallace. 30. Innocencia. J. B. Greuze. 125. Wall ace. 31. La Dauphin. Mine. Yigee LeBrun. 175. Louvre. 32. The Music Lesson. Nicholas Lancret. 175. Louvre. 33. The Garden Party. Nicholas Lancret. 175. Louvre. No. Title. 34. Madonna. 35. La Belle Fei 36. Madonna. 37. Mona Lisa. 40. Madonna. 41. Beatrice D’Este. 42. Madonna. From. No. Pub. Gallery. Botticelli. 175. National. Leonardo di Vinci. 225. Louvre. F. F. Lippi. 175. Uffizi. Leonardo di Vinci. 175. Louvre. Ghirlandaio. 175. S. Maria No- Ghirlandaio. 225. velli. S. Maria No- Luini. 225. velli. Ambrosiana. Leonardo di Vinci. 175. Ambrosiana. Perugino. 225. Milan. Fffizi,Florence No. Title. 43. Julia McDonald. 44. Mrs. Sheridan. 45. Princess Augusta So pliia. 46. Playmates. 47. Lady Mulgrave. 48. Age of Innocence. 49. Miss Farren. (Coun tess of Derby). 50. Master Lambton. 51. Mrs. Robinson. 52. Mrs. Wells. 53. Miranda. (Mrs. Midi ael Angelo Taylor) From. No. Pub. Sir T. Lawrence. 225. T. Gainsborough. 125. T. Gainsborough. 175. Sir J. Reynolds. 125. T. Gainsborough. 225. Sir J. Reynolds. 135. Sir T. Lawrence. 125. Sir T. Lawrence. 175. George Romney. 175. George Romney. 135. John Iloppner. 175. Gallery. Rothschild Windsor. Campbell. National. J. P. Morgan. Wallace. J. IT. Smith. Londonderry 52 No. Title. From. No. Pub. Gallery. 54. Duchess of Rutland. Sir J. Reynolds. 175. Burned 1816 55. Duke and Duchess of Cumberland. T. Gainsborough. 225. in Bel voir Castle. Buckin g h a m 56. Lady Sophia Musters. Sir J. Reynolds. 175. Palace. Leconfield. 57. Izaak Walton. E. Tuskipp. 175. 58. Gypsy’s Warning. Rev. W. A. Peters. 125. Gild Hall. 59. The Fortune Teller. Sir J. Reynolds. 125. Rothschild. 60. Good Night. Henry Mosler. 225. 60 No. Title. 61. Anne of Cleves. 62. Elvira. From. Hans Holbein. P. della Francesca. No. Pub. Gallery. 225. Louvre. 225. Poldi Pezzoli, Milan. 225. Cassel. 135. Hermitage. 225. Amsterdam. 225. Musee Conde Chantilly. 225. Hermitage. 63. Saskia Van Ulenburgh Rembrandt. 64. Rembrandt’s Mother. Rembrandt. 65. The Lute Player. Franz Hals. 66. Simonetta Vespucci. Pollajuolo. 67. William, Prince of Orange. A. Van Dyck. 1 FTER some years of experimenting and investigating, I believe that I have succeeded in reviving the almost obsolete art of colour printing from a mezzotint plate—done in one printing and without any retouching, as it was practiced a hundred years ago by the English engravers—examples of whose work are now in such great demand. I have gone far enough in my experi¬ ments to be able to confidentially announce that all the beauties of the old printing will be retained in mine and I can secure a depth and richness of color that can be achieved by no other system of printing. After Jacob Le Blond, in 1720, invented printing in colours from a mezzotint plate, the art was practiced and gradually improved until it arrived at its highest point of perfection late in the 18th century. Since then, and for the past century it has, for some reason, fallen into desue¬ tude ; and though it has been revived with varying success, the experimental labor, time, etc., necessary to make a good proof has made the process so expensive that it has not met with the support necessary to its progress. Every proof in colours is practically an oil painting. When the plate is engraved and ready to be printed, the coloured inks—which are specially ground and mixed with thick oil and varnish—are rubbed on the plate in a thick mass and then wiped off the surface, the line indentation of the mezzotint leaving a place for the colours to lie. Each colour has to be put on and rubbed separately. After the ink is put on and the plate wiped and manipulated in a manner which blends the colours together, so that there is no ink left except in the engraved work, the proof-paper is then laid on the plate and is passed through a heavy copperplate hand-press, the paper being thus pressed into the engraved work in the plate and taking up the ink and so making the finished proof. The same process has to be gone over for each proof and consequently it necessi¬ tates a great amount of labor and experience, but the end justifies the means, for these engravings possess a richness of colour which can be achieved by no other process. Mezzotint is a style of engraving on copper or steel differing entirely from any other. The surface of the plate is first indented all over by the action of an instrument, like a chisel, with a serrated edge, called a mezzotint grounder. This tool being rocked to and fro in many direc¬ tions (technically called ways) produces a “nap” or “Burr,” called the mezzotint ground and which, if an impression were taken, would be uniformly black. A mezzo¬ tint engraver’s tools are few—a scraper and burnisher. The design is drawn upon this ground by scraping away the “burr,” scraping more and more of the ground in pro¬ portion to the shades, using a burnisher for the highest lights. The mezzotinter’s work has a breadth of effect, a depth and brilliancy of tone to be attained by no other style of engraving. But the freedom of handling which this method allows makes a keen knowledge of drawing and the values of black and white indispensable. 8. ARDENT EDWARDS. Goerck Art Press 925 Sixth Ave. N. Y. NOT TOR SALE. His first mezaotint. No. 68. w Twilight". 1885. His first engraving. No. 69. "Comical Logs". 1883* His first etching. (4) "Westminster Abbey". 1881. No. 70. ’Poet *s Corner’. No. 71. ’The Cloisters’. No. 72. ’Entrance To The Chapel of Henry VIII*. No. 73. ’Islip Chapel*. No. 85. "Washington". (in color) Only 12 printed. PRIVATE PLA TES. No. 74. "Penelope Boothby”. after Reynolds. 12 copies printed. No. 75. "Rosebuds”. (Ethel Barrymore). Original. 25 printed. No. 76. "Panny Kemble”. Printed for Henry C. Sturgis, only 25 proofs. No. 77. "Lawrence”. 20 proofs from a miniature in Historical Society No. 78. "Major Andre". 6 printed. No. 79. "Washington”. after Sharpless. 36 printed. No. 80. "George Washington". after Trumbull. (In City Hall) 6 printed. No. 81. "General Gates”. after Gilbert Stuart. 18 proofs printed. No. 82. "Alexander Hamilton”. 10 proofs from the Iconiphiles Society. No. 83. "S. Arlent-Edwards". * by Marie A. Hyde. No. 84. "Lady Spencer”, (small) No. 86. "Mr. Edwards’s Portrait", engraved by Himself. ay lord ==5 PAAIPHUT binder Syracuse, N. Y. Stockton, Calif. INSTlXUt*