Sir David Young Cameron

Pont Neuf, plate one from the Paris Set

1904 · Etching on ivory laid paper · Plate: 15 × 30.2 cm (5 15/16 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 17.1 × 32.7 cm (6 3/4 × 12 7/8 in.)

Pont Neuf, plate one from the Paris Set, D. Y. Cameron, 1904
Art Institute of Chicago

D. Y. Cameron, Pont Neuf, plate one from the Paris Set, 1904. Etching on ivory laid paper.

The Art Institute of Chicago · Clarence Buckingham 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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