Sir David Young Cameron

Tewkesbury Abbey

1915 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper · Plate: 41.5 × 22.2 cm (16 3/8 × 8 3/4 in.); Sheet: 49.3 × 27.3 cm (19 7/16 × 10 3/4 in.)

Tewkesbury Abbey, D. Y. Cameron, 1915
Art Institute of Chicago

D. Y. Cameron, Tewkesbury Abbey, 1915. Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper.

The Art Institute of Chicago · Gift of Frank B. Hubachek

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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