Sir David Young Cameron

Broad Street, Stirling

1899 · Etching, with touches of drypoint, on ivory laid paper · Image/plate: 22.7 × 30.2 cm (8 15/16 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 25.1 × 32.8 cm (9 15/16 × 12 15/16 in.)

Broad Street, Stirling, D. Y. Cameron, 1899
Art Institute of Chicago

D. Y. Cameron, Broad Street, Stirling, 1899. Etching, with touches of drypoint, on ivory laid paper.

The Art Institute of Chicago · Gift of Mr. Harold R. Warner

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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