Sir David Young Cameron

The Forth

1904 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper · Image/plate: 8.2 × 12.5 cm (3 1/4 × 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 11.4 × 22.2 cm (4 1/2 × 8 3/4 in.)

The Forth, D. Y. Cameron, 1904
Art Institute of Chicago

D. Y. Cameron, The Forth, 1904. Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper.

The Art Institute of Chicago · Clarence Buckingham Collection

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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