Category Archives: Etching

Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem – A Dutch Master

Posted on 07/01/2017 by ronald972

As we begin a new year, I would like to introduce you to an artist who once was widely known and respected.   #NicolaesPieterszoonBerchem ( 1620-1683) was a highly esteemed and prolific painter of pastoral landscapes, populated with mythological or biblical figures. … Continue reading →

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Christian Karl Josias von Bunsen

Posted on 14/11/2016 by ronald972

This past week, I picked up a stipple engraving of #ChristianKarlJosiasvonBunsen (1791-1860).  You would be quite correct in presuming that I did not know who the engraving was of especially since it did not show his name.  I acquired this … Continue reading →

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Statuum Marocca Norum

Posted on 24/09/2016 by ronald972

#StatuumMaroccaNorum is the title of a map which was created  by #JohannChristianHomann in 1728.  I like to call my version of this map ‘Beware the leviathan’ The map is large and graphic.. Little tent cities display the domains of the … Continue reading →

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Art of Maps 3

Posted on 04/09/2016 by ronald972

Maps can be both beautiful and practical.  Both maps in today’s chapter are fine examples of both qualities. We begin with a map by an unaccredited cartographer.  The map of the #CountyofForfar was published by #RobertSayer & John Bennett.  Sayer … Continue reading →

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Arts Combined 2

Posted on 04/08/2016 by ronald972

As we continue with our musical theme, we find three pieces from a set of six in the folio.  The three arts combine to please the ear and the eye.  Lyrics by Charles Jefferys, J. T. Haines and Charles H … Continue reading →

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William Hunter Artist

Posted on 22/06/2016 by ronald972

#WilliamHunter (1899-1963) is an artist listed in two countries.  He was born on the Isle of Mann (Scotland) but emigrated to Australia when he was eleven.  So William Hunter is listed both in Scotland and Australia. There is little information … Continue reading →

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Jacobus Houbraken Etcher

Posted on 05/06/2016 by ronald972

#JacobusHoubraken (1698-1780) was the son of Dutch painter and writer Arnold Houbraken.  He was one of ten children, several of which followed their father into the arts. Jacobus Houbraken was possibly the pre-eminent Dutch etcher of his time.  He excelled in … Continue reading →

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Thomas Gaugain Stipple Engraver

Posted on 17/05/2016 by ronald972

Today, we travel to France home of engraver #ThomasGaugain (1756-1812).  Supposedly born in Abbeville, France, Gaugain would have moved to England as a child with his family.  But baptismal records show the baptism of a John Thomas Gaugain at St. Anne’s, … Continue reading →

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Rothenburg Etching

Posted on 15/03/2016 by ronald972

As I slowly collect pieces, I find that my appreciation for etching an ever growing thing.  This week I acquired six etchings by the same artist.  The etchings are signed but I have yet to decipher the signature. The only … Continue reading →

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The New London Magazine

Posted on 05/03/2016 by ronald972

#TheNewLondonMagazine was founded in the 1730’s and ran as a ‘monthly repository of knowledge, instruction, and entertainment’ for many years.  It’s monthly publication relied on numerous correspondents who provided curious and ingenious essays in prose and verse. The book I … Continue reading →

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