Etching and Mezzotint Engraving: Lectures Delivered at Oxford by Hubert Herkomer, R.A., M.A.
Herkomer succeeded John Ruskin as Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford University, holding the position for nine years from 1885. This illustrated publication was based on a series of lectures that he delivered in that capacity devoted to printmaking, an unusual subject for these influential lectures. The artist excelled at several print techniques and even invented a medium, named Herkomergravure, which allowed multiple impressions to be made from a monotype. The etched frontispiece of this publication depicts an etcher at work at a table conjuring images from his imagination.
Artwork Details
- Title: Etching and Mezzotint Engraving: Lectures Delivered at Oxford by Hubert Herkomer, R.A., M.A.
- Author: Sir Hubert von Herkomer (British, Waal, Bavaria 1849–1914 Budleigh Salterton, Devon)
- Publisher: Macmillan & Co. London
- Date: 1892
- Medium: Illustrations: etching, mezzotint engraving
- Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 9 x 13/16 in. (31.7 x 22.8 x 2 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Museum Accession, transferred from the Library
- Object Number: 21.36.28
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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