Charles Albert Waltner - The Pickwick Club

The Pickwick Club

Charles Albert Waltner's original etching, "The Pickwick Club" of course depicts the well known scene in the novel by Charles Dickens. Like all of Waltner's etchings, the image conveys both a sensitive use of line and form and a strong veracity to the passage described. This original etching is based upon a design by C. Green. It is printed on fine China paper which has been pressed onto a large sheet of white, wove paper and with full, wide margins as published in the limited edition of two hundred by George Barrie in 1983. Bearing the official blindstamp of the 'Colombian Exposition' in the lower left corner. It is a fine original example of the ectched art by Charles Waltner.

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The Pickwick Club

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1880

Charles Albert Waltner (Paris, 1846 - 1925)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Publisher	-
01-		The Pickwick Club by Charles Albert Waltner designed by C. Green.	Original Etching	1893	Signed in the plate along the lower margin by C. Green. Published by George Barrie, Philadelphia	Sold
02.-		The Widow's Mite by Charles Albert Waltner designed by Sir John Everett Millais.	Original Etching	1880	Signed in the plate along the lower margin by both Charles Albert Waltner and Sir John Everett Millais. Published by Thomas Agnew & Sons, London

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Title:	The Pickwick Club
Engraver:	Waltner, Charles - Albert (Paris, 1846 - 1925)
Designer:	Green, Charles British, 1840 - 1898)
Date:	1893
Medium:	Original Etching
Publisher:	George Barrie, Philadelphia
Printer:	George Barrie, Philadelphia
Note:	Charles-Albert Waltner: A famous Paris etcher and engraver, Charles-Albert Waltner studied art in Paris under Henriquel-Dupont, Gerome and Martinet. International recognition came early to Waltner in 1868 when he was awarded the prestigious Prix de Rome. Further awards followed and in 1882 when The French government appointed him a chevalier of the Legion d’honneur. In 1900, he received the Grand Prize for his art from the Exposition Universelle.
	Waltner first exhibited his etchings at the Paris Salon in 1870, and afterwards contributed to many major exhibitions. During the late nineteenth century, the etchings of Charles Albert Waltner were equally well received in both Britain and France. His finely wrought interpretive etchings after contemporary paintings provided a serious challenge to the dominant style of mixed method engraving. Some painters, such as England’s most famous genre artist, Sir John Everett Millais (1829-1896), preferred the effects achieved by Charles Waltner and actively sought after his services. In total, Waltner etched over five Millais compositions, including. Waltner also collaborated with the great French etcher, Felix Braquemond, on several series of etchings.
	Waltner’s etchings depicting historical and literary scenes and portraits became his most famous works. The Pickwick Club, of course depicts the well known scene in the novel by Charles Dickens. (The Explanatory text which accompanied the etching is included.) Like all of Waltner’s etchings, the image conveys both a sensitive use of line and form and a strong veracity to the passage described.
	Charles Green: A nineteenth century painter, watercolour artist, and illustrator, Charles Green (British, 1840 – Hampstead, 1898) was well known for his genre, and historical subjects. Green studied at the Newman Street studios, and under Mr. J. W. Whymper. In 1968, Green became a full member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water-Colours where he exhibited his watercolours from 1862 to 1863. From (1871 – 1879), along with Fred, Bernard, A. B. Frost, E. G. Dalsiel, and other important illustrators of the period, Charles Green was commissioned by Chapman & Hall to create new illustrations for a Household Edition of Dickens’s novels. Many of Green’s illustrated works also appeared in Once a Week, London Society, Cassell’s Magazine, The Illustrated London News, and other important 19th century British periodicals.
	George Barrie: From 1893 to 1895 the Philadelphia printer and publisher, George Barrie, was at work upon a large and lavish series of original etchings and chromolithographs detailing exhibits of the fine art from participating countries at the World's Columbian Exposition. The original prints, such as this fine example, were printed on either China or Japon papers and were limited to an edition of only two hundred impressions. Barrie hired some of the finest etchers of the time (the majority being either French or American) to work on the series. No expense was spared, with some of the etchings printed in a complex range of colours.
	Today these original etchings and lithographs are collected not only for their important 1890's style but for their superb technical accomplishments. Impressions from these limited editions are as finely printed as one can find.
Edition:	Limited edition of two hundred impressions.
Source:	The Art and Architecture of the World's Colombian Exposition
Size:	11 X 14 7/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed on fine China paper which has been pressed onto a large sheet of white, wove paper and with full, wide margins as published in the limited edition of two hundred by George Barrie in 1983. Bearing the official blindstamp of the Colombian Exposition in the lower left corner. It is an outstanding example of late nineteenth century etching and in excellent condition throughout.
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