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An Indolent and Blundering Art?

The Etching Revival and the Redefinition of Etching in England
By:Emma Chambers
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Print ISBN:9781138314665
eText ISBN:9780429852824
Edition:1
Copyright:1999
Format:Reflowable

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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 Francis Seymour Haden and James McNeill Whistler and members of the Etching Club. An Indolent and Blundering Art? Opens with a description of the use of language and art criticism to redefine etching