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in all but the last one, in which eleven foreign countries were repre- 

 sented and over fifty artists. The exhibits were of high quality and 

 of much interest and educational value. 



To Mrs. Bertha E. Jaques, Secretary of the Chicago Society of 

 Etchers, to Will Simmons, Corresponding Secretary of the Brooklyn 

 Society of Etchers, and to Howell C. Brown, Secretary of the Print 

 Makers Society of California, the Museum owes much, not only for 

 the success of the above exhibitions but also for giving of their own 

 work and for collecting seventy-one prints in various mediums, the 

 work of twenty-five artists — one to five prints to the artist, except 

 in the wood-block prints and color etchings of Miss Helen Hyde 

 (1868-1919) which number twenty-five. These were the gift of her 

 sister Mrs. E. F. Gillette of Chicago and were collected by Mrs. 

 Jaques. Miss Hyde was one of the first Americans to adopt the 

 Japanese method of printing wood blocks. For many years, she 

 lived in Japan and while she learned their methods, for economy of 

 time, she preferred to leave the cutting and printing to the Japanese 

 experts. She would make the design in India ink on thin Japanese 

 paper; this would be pasted face down on the wood block. The 

 cutter would engrave away the wood between the lines and make a 

 print from' it in black, which Miss Hyde would color and return 

 to the cutter who would prepare six to eight blocks for the colors. 

 Then Miss Hyde would superintend the printing of say a limited 

 edition of one hundred color prints. This would mean in the case 

 there were eight blocks, eight hundred separate impressions, all care- 

 fully registered and properly printed, no little job. The results 

 obtained by her in this way were very fine. She was a very talented 

 artist. 



Among the fifty or so remaining prints will be found much of 

 interest, not only the subjects but also the variety of treatment and 

 the technical excellence. They cover a wide field of artistic endeavor. 

 Prints were received from the following artists : John Taylor Arms 

 (2), Loren K. Barton (5), Howell C. Brown (5), John W. Cotton, 

 William H. Drury, Anne Goldthwaite, Frances H. Gearhart (4), 

 May Gearhart (3), George O. Hart, Charles E. Heil, Eugene Hig- 

 gins. Bertha E. Jaques (5), Margaret Manuel, Carl J. Nordell, 

 Ernest D. Roth (2), Margery Ryerson, Louis C. Rosenberg, George 

 Resler, Henry B. Shope (2), Will Simmons, George C. Wales, Fred- 

 erick Weber (2), and four from Frederick K. Det wilier. The weak- 

 est spot in the division has been greatly strengthened by these addi- 

 tions and it is to be hoped that more will continue to come until every 

 artist of note will be suitably represented. If funds were available, 

 it would be an easy matter to round out a collection that would be of 

 great value. 



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