Old St. Etienne
Artist: David Y. Cameron
Sir David Young Cameron (1865-1945), Old St. Etienne, etching and drypoint, 1907, signed in pencil lower right. Reference: Rinder 400. In very good condition, on old cream wove paper, with small margins (remains of prior hinging verso), 16 7/8 x 9, the sheet 19 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Archival storage with window mat.
Provenance: estate of Elizabeth Hutton Tupson, Lady Cameron.
A fine impression, printed in a dark brown ink with a veil of plate tone.
Cameron was, of course, one of the greatest of the British Etchers, and Old St. Etienne is one of the finest [...]