Cooper Union Museum For The Arts Of Decoration epub Catalogue of a Collection of Engravings and Etchings, Formed By the Late George Campbell Cooper, and Presented By Him to the Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (Classic Reprint)

In this Catalogue the aim has been to compile a handbook that will be of practical utility to students of the works of the great line-engravers and etchers; and, though connoisseurs maynote the omission of some interesting facts, both in the biographical notes and in the descriptions of the various states of prints, the general student will, I hope, find the notes and the descriptions sufficiently detailed for his needs. I must acknowledge my indebtedness, in many ways, to the Catalogue of the Gray Collection of Engravings, by Dr. Louis Thies, and to Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers. In general, the titles of catalogues or monographs dealing with any special artist or his work will be found mentioned under the name of such artist. The prints forming the present collection are not numbered, in any way, as it is to be hoped that new prints may be added, from time to time. New York has, hitherto, been far behind the larger European cities, inasmuch as here there has been no good public collection of engravings and etchings available to the student. Is it not time that this condition of affairs should be bettered? For the price of a single masterpiece in painting, there could be purchased a sufficient number of fine prints, by the great masters, to form, together with the prints herein catalogued, a collection which might, justly, be a source of pride to all citizens of New York, and which would, certainly, be of real service to all students of the Fine Arts. Fitz Roy Carrington. About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been