Sir David Young Cameron

The Palace, Stirling Castle

1893 · Etching on cream laid paper · Image/plate: 26.6 × 14.4 cm (10 1/2 × 5 11/16 in.); Sheet: 28 × 14.6 cm (11 1/16 × 5 3/4 in.)

The Palace, Stirling Castle, D. Y. Cameron, 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

D. Y. Cameron, The Palace, Stirling Castle, 1893. Etching on cream 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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