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size of the points and tlie varied length of exposure to the acid. Addi- 

 tional work can be done by repeated biting, or the plate can be finished 

 with the dry point (see paragraph 5) and the graver. 



Etching was probably first practiced by the armorers in the decora- 

 tion of armor, and from them the painters learned it. Possibly the 

 first etcher who produced plates for printing was Daniel Hopfer, a 

 German artist of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. (See No. 50.) 

 His plates were etched on iron, as were those of Dlirer. (See ISTo. 51.) 

 Specimens of the work of all the centuries are given in this exhibition, 

 including the first great period of etching in the ISTetherlands in the sev- 

 enteenth century and the so-called revival in our own. 



Frame 13. — Etching in ilie sixteenth century. — No. 50, Daniel Hopfer. 

 No. 51, Diirer (1471-1528), " The Cannon." No. 52, Lucas van Leyden 

 (1494-1533), his own portrait. No. 53, F. P. (Parmegiano ? 1503-1540). 

 No. 54, Wendell Dietterlin (1550-1599). No. 55, Jost Amman (1539- 

 1591). No. 5G, Paolo Fariuati (1522-lGOG). 



Frame 14. — Etching in the I^ ether lands, seventeenth century. — No. 57, 

 A. YauDyck (1599-1G41). No. 58, Rembrandt (1607-1G69), " Christ 

 Preaching (Le petit La Tombe)," a superb impression. No. 59, A. Van 

 Ostade (lGlO-1635). No. 60, N. Berghem (1G2P-1G83). No. CI, Paul 

 Potter (1625-1654). No. 62, Karel Dujardin (1635-1678). No. 63, J. 

 Euysdael (1635-1681). 



Frame 15. — Etching in Italy, seventeenth to eighteenth century. — No. 64, 

 Guido Pveni (1575 ?-l 642). No. 65, Giuseppe Ribera(15S8?-165G). No. 

 G6, Salvator Eosa (1615-1673). See also Screen 3, in the corridor: No. 

 103, " CEdipus." No. 67, Simone Cantariui (1612-1648). No. GS, Elisa- 

 betta Sirani (1638-1665). No. 69, Pietro Santo Bartoli (1633-1700). 

 No. 70, Carlo Maratti (1625-1713). No. 71, Ant. Canale or Canaletto 

 (1697-1768). 



Frame 16. — Etching in France, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. — 

 No. 72, EtienneDuperac (1560 ?-1601 ?). No. 73, Jacque Callot (1592- 

 1635). No. 74, Israel Silvestre (1621-1691). No. 75, .Claude Le Lor- 

 rain (1600-1682). No. 76, Jean Morin (?-16G6 ?). No. 77, Sebastien 

 Bourdon (1616-1671). No. 78, L. de Boullongue (1609-1674). No. 79, 

 F. Millet (1G44-J. 1680). 



Frame 11.— Modern English etchings.— ^o. 80, J. M. W. Turner (1775- 

 1851), " The Woman a)id Tambourine," from tlie " Liber Studiorum," 

 etching combined with mezzotint. No. 81, J. G. Strutt, 1829. No. 82, 

 Hubert Herkomer. Nos. 83-85, F. Seymour Haden. 



