American Art: Illustrated by Twenty-Five Plates, Executed by the Best American Etchers and Wood Engravers, from Paintings Selected from Public and Private Collections (Lacking 8 of 25 plates)

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  • Hardcover
  • New York: Cassell & Company, 1886
By Koehler, S.R.
New York: Cassell & Company, 1886. Hardcover. VG-, slight soiling to cover extremities and corners slightly bumped, inner front hinge completely broken but cover firly attached to the spine.. Yellow cloth over thick board covers with beveled edges, gilt embossed design on spine and rear cover. 58 pp. of text and 25 etchings and/or wood engravings. A very nice copy, contents are extremely fresh with tissue guards. No plates are marked, all edges are gilt, one of the best books of the American Etching revival period. Following is a list of the etchings and wood engravings present in this copy:
1) Portrait of General Charles Devens by F.P. Vinton (S.A. Schoff)
2) Morning on the Marsh by J. Francis Murphy (Geo. A. Teel)
3) A Hot Bargain by F.A. Bridgman (Jas. D. Smillie)
4) The Angel of Sleep by T.W. Dewing (Robert Hoskin)
5) The Edge of the Swamp by W. L. Picknell (Peter Moran)
6) "Good Morning!" by Walter Shirlaw (F. Juengling)
7) A Glass With the Squire by Eastman Johnson (Jas. D. Smillie)
8) A Spring Idyl by F.S. Church (E. Heinemann)
9) Portrait of a Young Lady by A.H. Thayer (S.A. Schoff)
10) The 'Longshoreman's Noon by J.G. Brown (F. Juengling)
11) Morning on the St. Johns, Florida by Thomas Moran (Thomas Moran)
12) Autumn by E.H. Blashfield (Robert Hoskin)
13) Still-Life by Emil Carlsen (F. Juengling)
14) A Difficult Question by I.M. Gaugengigl (I.M. Gaugengigl)
15) A Bouquet of Oaks by Charles H. Miller (F. Juengling)
16) "Look, Mamma!" by S.J. Guy (S.J. Guy)
17) "I's So Happy!" by Thomas Hovenden (Willy Miller)
18) At the Piano by Frank Fowler (S.A. Schoff)
19) In the Land of Promise by Charles F. Ulrich (F. Juengling)
20) A Voice from the Cliffs by Winslow Homer (Jas. D. Smillie)
21) Sunset by Charles Sprague (S.A. Schoff)
22) The Prelude by Charles Sprague (S.A. Schoff)
23) The Pleiades by Elihu Vedder (F.E. Fillebrown)
24) Near the Coast by R. Swain Gifford (R. Swain Gifford)
25) Castles in the Air by Alexander Harrison (Wm. B. Closson).

Details

Title

American Art: Illustrated by Twenty-Five Plates, Executed by the Best American Etchers and Wood Engravers, from Paintings Selected from Public and Private Collections (Lacking 8 of 25 plates)

Author

Koehler, S.R.

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Very Good

Publisher

Cassell & Company: New York

Date

1886


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