Sir David Young Cameron

The Palace Doorway, plate 22 from the North Italian Set

1895 · Etching on ivory laid paper · Image: 24 × 30.2 cm (9 1/2 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 24.8 × 30.2 cm (9 13/16 × 11 15/16 in.)

The Palace Doorway, plate 22 from the North Italian Set, D. Y. Cameron, 1895
Art Institute of Chicago

D. Y. Cameron, The Palace Doorway, plate 22 from the North Italian Set, 1895. Etching on ivory laid paper.

The Art Institute of Chicago · Bryan Lathrop Collection

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  • 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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