An indolent and blundering art? : the etching revival and the redefinition of etching in England, 1838-1892 / Emma Chambers.
First published in 1999, Chambers explores English etching changed that radically during the nineteenth century. This book looks into the freedom and directness of the etching process became a key plank in a sustained attempt to raise the status of etching in Britain spearheaded by artists such as F...
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Abingdon, Oxon :
Routledge,
2018.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: 'An indolent and blundering art'? The Etching Revival and the redefinition of etching in England 1838-1892
- From chemical process to the aesthetics of omission: etching and the languages of art criticism in nineteenth-century England
- Private sociability versus professional status: etching clubs and societies in nineteenth-century England
- Objects of desire: etching and print collecting
- Medium and message: etching and the illustrated book
- Etching from nature: urban texts and tourism
- Exhibition culture: the luxury commodity and the status of etching in the late nineteenth century
- Appendix 1. List of Etching Club members
- Appendix 2. List of subscribers to The Deserted Village, 1840-1876.