Blemly scrapbook
A scrapbook compiled by William Ignatius Blemly in 1895, containing reproductions of works by the American still-life painter William Michael Harnett (1848-1892). The pictures are photographic prints of trompe l'oeil still lifes of musical instruments, books, letters, pitchers and armour, showing how Harnett arranged worn objects on shallow tabletops and against dark wooden panels, a useful model for tonal composition and textured surfaces.
