On making & collecting etchings : a handbook for etchers, students and collectors / written by members of the Print Society and put together and ed. by E. Hesketh Hubbard.

On making & collecting etchings : a handbook for etchers, students and collectors / written by members of the Print Society and put together and ed. by E. Hesketh Hubbard.

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REF.PM.1871
Reference Collection
183 p., 1 leaf : front., ill., plates ; 23 cm.
1920
E. Hesketh Hubbard
Morland Press Limited
The Print Society
Greater London
Etching, Printmaking handbooks
"Our aim differs from the aim of most of our forerunners in what we endeavor to combine in a single volume informative and reliable matter useful and helpful to collectors and etchers alike: to produce a handbook to which quick reference can be made." -- from foreword by E. Hesketh Hubbard Contents: What is an etching? by M. Henderson.--A short history of etching, by E. Ertz.--How etchings are made, by E.W. Charlton.--Some notes on drypoint, by P. Smith.--How aquatints are made, by Stella Langdale.--Supplementary processes: soft ground, mezzotint, etc., by H. Paton.--On the printing of etchings, by R.H. Green.--Etchings as decoration, by L.M. Ward.--On collecting and storing etchings, by E.H. Hubbard.--Books about etching and collecting, by E.H. Hubbard Includes appendix and index.