Exceptional Examples of the Masters of Etching and Engraving : the Print Collection of the Late J. Harsen Purdy, of New York City
An American Art Association auction catalogue of 1917 offering the etching and engraving collection of the late New York collector J. Harsen Purdy, with each plate reproduced on its own page with a caption giving artist, technique, subject and lot number. The plates show a range of old-master engraving and modern etching, from dense Italian-style burin hatching of grotesque figures to loose tonal landscapes, which a designer can use as reference for mark-making and dark-light structure.
