Main entry:

West, Levon, 1900-1968, author.

Title & Author:

Making an etching / by Levon West.

Publication:

London : The Studio ; New York, NY : The Studio Publications, 1932.

Description:

79 pages : mounted illustrations ; 26 cm.

Series:

"How to do it" series ; I

Notes:
Introduction -- To the student-reader -- Illustrations of method. Materials needed to make an etching ; Cleaning the plate ; Applying the ground ; Smoking the "grounded" plate ; Drawing on the "grounded" plate ; Protecting the back of the plate ; Biting the plate ; Re-biting the plate ; Inking the late ; Wiping the plate ; Paper for printing ; Applying the paper to the plate ; Printing the etching ; Pulling a print ; "Trial proofs" and "states" ; Copper plate inked and wiped ; Impression from copper plate -- Well-known etchings analysed. Brangwyn, Frank, R.A. The Skittle Match ; McBey, James. The Lion Brewery ; Blampied, Edmund, R.E., Driving home n the rain ; Legros, Alphonse. Mort du Vagabond ; Zorn, Anders. My model and my boat ; Short, Sir Frank, R.A. Strolling players at Lydd ; Benson, Frank W. The Guner's Blind ; Cameron, Sir D.Y., R.A. The Chimera of Amiens ; Seymour-Haden, Sir F., P.R.E. By-road in Tipperary ; Whistler, James McNeill. The Balcony ; Meryon, CHarles. La Galerie. Notre-Dame, Paris ; Rushbury, Henry, A.R.A., R.E. Place des Victories ; Rembrandt van Rijn. Rembrandt's mother seated at a table ; Rembrandt van Rijn. The three trees ; Rosenberg, Louis C., A.R.E. Carrera del Darro, Granada ; Pennell, Joseph. New York from Brooklyn Bridge.

Subject:

Etching Technique.
Etching.
Eau-forte (Gravure) Technique.
Eau-forte (Gravure)
etching (printing process)

Form/genre:

Books.

Added entries:

Brangwyn, Frank, 1867-1956, etcher.
McBey, James, 1883-1959, etcher.
Blampied, Edmund, 1886-1966, etcher.
Legros, Alphonse, 1837-1911, etcher.
Zorn, Anders, 1860-1920, etcher.
Short, Frank, etcher.
Benson, Frank W. (Frank Weston), 1862-1951, etcher.
Cameron, David Young, Sir, 1865-1945, etcher.
Haden, Francis Seymour, 1818-1910, etcher.
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903, etcher.
Meryon, Charles, etcher
Rushbury, Henry, 1889-1968, etcher.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669, etcher.
Rosenberg, Louis Conrad, 1890-1983, etcher.
Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926, etcher.
"How to do it" series ; I.

Holdings:

Location: Library main cormier 59141
Call No.: ID PO10796 CORM13; ID:90-B760
Status: Available