Catalogue of the art department of the New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute, Boston, Mass., U.S.A. MDCCCLXXXIII
A Boston exhibition catalogue of 1883 issued by the New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute, with a preface by Frank T. Robinson, listing works in its art department for an American public audience. The plates are reproductions of prints and drawings, mostly rotated on the page, showing wooded landscapes in etching and mezzotint-like tones alongside a decorative strapwork panel. A designer could take from them the tonal range of dense foliage, bare branches and light-filled clearings, plus the scrollwork ornament as a border or panel model.
