Frank Waller - Testing the Toledo

Testing the Toledo

Frank Waller's original etching, "Testing the Toledo" is printed upon hand-made, laid paper and with wide, full margins as published in New York in 1884 by White, Stokes & Allen. It is signed and dated in the plate to the lower left. Waller based this original etching upon his own painting of the same name. "Testing the Toledo" is a fine, original example of the 19th century art created by the American artist, Frank Waller.

Original etching by the American artist, Frank Waller.

Testing the Toledo

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#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01.-		An Old Master at Last Elliot Daingerfield designed by Walter Satterlee	Original Etching with Sepia Plate Tone	1884	Signed and dated by Elliot Daingerfield in the plate to the lower left.	Sold
02.-		Driving the Sheep by John Austin Sands Monks	Original Etching	1884	Signed and dated in the plate by John Austin Sands Monks to the lower right.	Sold
03.-		Never too Late to Mend by James Wells Champney	Original Etching	1884	Signed and dated by James Champney in the plate to the lower right.
04.-		My Ain Fireside by Stephen G. McCutcheon	Original Etching	1884	Signed by Stephen McCutcheon and noted, "London" in the plate to the lower right.
05.-		Testing the Toledo by Frank Waller	Original Etching	1884	Signed and dated by Frank Waller in the plate to the lower right.

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Title:	Testing the Toledo
Artist:	Waller, Frank (New York City, 1842 - Morristown, NJ, 1923)
Date:	1884
Medium:	Original Etching
Publisher:	White, Stokes & Allen, New York
Note:	Frank Waller: A nineteenth century American painter, educator and etcher, Frank Waller began his career as a businessman. In 1870, however, he traveled to Rome to study art under John G. Chapman. For the next several years Waller traveled extensively in both Europe and Egypt. Upon his return to the United States he became a founding member of New York's influential Art Students' League (1875) and served as its first president. As well, Frank Waller served as honorary secretary of the Egypt Exploration Fund Society. He was also a noted architect and a Fellow of both the Academy of Design and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Source:	Portfolio, Some Modern Etchings: Frank Waller's, "Testing the Toledo" was commissioned by the New York publisher, White Stokes & Allen in 1884. Besides Waller's original etching, other original etchings included in this portfolio are "Never too Late to Mend" drawn and etched by James Wells Champney, "A Tramp" drawn and etched by Gabrielle D. Clements, "The Clarionet Player" by Katherine Levine based upon a design drawn by H. Kauffmann, "An Old Master at Last" by Elliot Daingerfield designed by Walter Satterlee, "Driving the Sheep" drawn and etched by John Austin Sands Monks, "My Ain Fireside" drawn and etched by S. G. McCutcheon, "Portrait of Rembrandt" by F.S. King based upon Rembrandt's painting, "The Evening Star" drawn and etched by Walter Satterlee, and "The Ponte San Trinita" drawn and etched by Joseph Pennell.
	J. R. W. Hitchcock, who wrote the text for the folio Some Modern Etchings writes; "In the carefully studied fifteenth-century costume chosen by Mr. Waller, the rich folds of the velvet and sheen of the satin in the slashed sleeves of the doublet and in the short cloak, with the texture of the trunk hose, the grain of the curious Spanish leather boots, and the peacock feathers on the hat offer enticing yet provoking problems to the etcher's art.".
	Hitchcock also wrote that Frank Waller disliked making changes to his plates. For example, in the case of Testing the Toledo, he noted that Waller indicated that there were very slight alterations and additions made after his first drawing on copper, which was bitten in four bitings, the bath consisting of the Dutch mordant. Waller believed that there was less of a chance for disappointment while printing if the plate had not been over-worked.
Size:	9 3/4 X 6 5/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $245.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon hand-made, laid paper and with wide, full margins as published in New York in 1884 by White, Stokes & Allen. Signed and dated in the plate to the lower left. Containing slight foxing in the outer margins and to the upper left, else a deeply printed impression with full plate tone and in good condition. Testing the Toledo represents a fine, original example of the 19th century art of Frank Waller.
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