Sir David Young Cameron

The Gargoyles, Stirling Castle

1898 · Etching on cream laid paper · Plate: 29.1 × 17.4 cm (11 1/2 × 6 7/8 in.); Sheet: 40.5 × 25 cm (16 × 9 7/8 in.)

The Gargoyles, Stirling Castle, D. Y. Cameron, 1898
Art Institute of Chicago

D. Y. Cameron, The Gargoyles, Stirling Castle, 1898. Etching on cream laid paper.

The Art Institute of Chicago · Estate of Robert Forsyth

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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