Albert, Railway, and Victoria Bridges, plate six from the Clyde Set
1889 · Etching on ivory laid paper · Image/plate: 17.3 × 26.1 cm (6 13/16 × 10 5/16 in.); Sheet: 21.9 × 31.5 cm (8 5/8 × 12 7/16 in.)
D. Y. Cameron, Albert, Railway, and Victoria Bridges, plate six from the Clyde Set, 1889. Etching on ivory laid paper.
The Art Institute of Chicago · Estate of Robert Forsyth
How to look at a D. Y. Cameron
- Squint. Count the masses. It is rarely more than three.
- Find the lightest plane and notice how much paper is left bare around it.
- Follow one line of tracery and see how few others there are.
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