The Chefs-d'oœvre
A 1900 art survey published in Philadelphia by G. Barrie, drawn from the Chefs-d'oeuvre of the Paris Exposition and compiled by William Walton for a general readership interested in art and architecture. The first picture is a dark mezzotint-like plate of a winged figure descending over a group of kneeling and reclining people in a night landscape, showing dramatic tonal contrast a designer could borrow for moody light. The second is a pale plate of a bronze standing nude youth holding a small object, set beneath a red caption, with a clean centred layout that suggests classical restraint.
