Robert Swain Gifford

Blakesmoor

"Blakesmoor" by Robert Swain Gifford, an original etching:

"I do not know a pleasure more affecting than to range at will over the deserted apartments of some fine old family mansion. The traces of extinct grandeur admit of a better passion than envy; and contemplations on the great and good, whom we fancy in succession to have been its inhabitants, weave for us illusions, incompatible with the bustle of modern occupancy, and vanities of foolish, present aristocracy."

Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia

The English author and essayist, Charles Lamb first published his "Essays of Elia" in 1823. In 1884 the New York firm of Putnam's issued a new edition. For this new edition the publisher commissioned original etchings from such distinguished American artists as Charles Adams Platt, James David Smillie, Frederick Stuart Church and Robert Swain Gifford. This original R. S. Gifford etching, etitled, "Blakesmoor" hails from this source.

Blakesmoor

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Robert Swain Gifford (Nonamesset, Mass., 1840 - New York, 1905)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Blakesmoor by Robert Swain Gifford	Original Etching	1883 (Published, 1884)	Signed and dated in the plate by Robert Swain Gifford.	Available
02.-		Coal Pockets at New Bedford, Massachusetts by Robert Swain Gifford	Original Etching	1879	Signed and dated in the plate by Robert Swain Gifford.	Sold
03-		The Path by the Shore by Robert Swain Gifford	Original Etching	1879	Signed in the plate by Robert Swain Gifford.	Sold

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Charles Lamb's the "Essays of Elia"
#	Image	Title & Artist	Artist Info	Medium	Date	-
01.-		A Dissertation upon Roast Pig by Frederick Stuart Church	Frederick Stuart Church 'F. S. Church' (Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1842 - New York, 1924)	Original Etching in Sepia	1883 (Published, 1884)
02.-		Blakesmoor by Robert Swain Gifford	Robert Swain Gifford 'Robert Gifford' (Nonamesset, Mass., 1840 - New York, 1905)	Original Etching and Drypoint	1883 (Published, 1884)
03.-		Detached Thoughts on Books by James David Smillie	James David Smillie 'J. D. Smillie' (New York City, 1833 - 1909)	Original Etching	1883 (Published, 1884)	Sold
04.-		Inner Temple Lane by Charles Adams Platt	Charles Adams Platt 'Charles Platt' (New York City, 1861 - 1933)	Original Etching with Plate Tone	1883 (Published, 1884)	Sold
05.-		Oxford by Charles Adams Platt	Charles Adams Platt 'Charles Platt' (New York City, 1861 - 1933)	Original Etching with Plate Tone	1883 (Published, 1884)	Sold
06.-		The Sun Dial by James David Smillie	James David Smillie 'J. D. Smillie' (New York City, 1833 - 1909)	Original Etching	1883 (Published, 1884)	Sold
07.-		Westminster Abbey by Charles Adams Platt	Charles Adams Platt 'Charles Platt' (New York City, 1861 - 1933)	Original Etching with Plate Tone	1883 (Published, 1884)	Sold

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Title:	Blakesmoor
Artist:	Gifford, Robert Swain (Nonamesset, Mass., 1840 - New York, 1905)
Date:	1883 (Published, 1884)
Medium:	Original Etching and Drypoint
Publisher:	G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York
Note:	Robert Swain Gifford: One of America's most influential etchers of the nineteenth century, Robert Swain Gifford first studied art under Albert Van Beest in New Bedford. In 1864 he moved to Boston and two years later moved to New York where he established his studio. Gifford first exhibited his art at the prestigious National Academy of Design in 1864 and was elected an Associate in 1867 and an Academician in 1878. A leading educator, Robert Swain Gifford taught at New York's Cooper Union from 1877 to 1896. Robert Swain Gifford was a full member of the Society of American Artists, the American Water Color Society, the National Arts Club, and the Royal Society of Painters and Etchers, London, England. Along with James D. Smillie, Robert Swain Gifford co-founded the long lived New York Etching Club in 1879.
	Robert Swain Gifford first experimented with the art of etching as early as 1857. During the following years Gifford traveled extensively and both painted and etched scenes in Oregon, Alaska, Europe and North Africa.
Source:	"Essays of Elia", by Charles Lamb
	The English author and essayist, Charles Lamb (1775-1834) first published his "Essays of Elia" in 1823. In 1884 the New York firm of Putnam's issued a new edition. For this new edition the publisher commissioned original etchings from such distinguished American artists such as Frederick Stuart Church, Charles Adams Platt, Robert Swain Gifford and James D. Smillie. Robert Swain Gifford's original etching, "Blakesmoor" hails from this source.
Size:	5 7/8 X 4 1/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $235.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon fine hand-made, laid paper and with full margins as published in New York for "Essays of Elia" in 1884. Signed and dated in the plate to the lower left. A splendidly printed impression with strong tonal values and in excellent condition throughout. "Blakesmoor" represents a prime, original example of the nineteenth century art of Robert Swain Gifford.
Subject:	Blakesmoor, mansion, Robert Swain Gifford, National Academy, Deserted, New York Etching Club.
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