The Art Exemplar, [Kneeling woman in Grecian costume], front
Description
Summary: woman kneeling, head hung with hand raised to her face in gesture of despair; dressed in a long chiton with one breast exposed, she holds a trumpet in her right hand that rests on the ground; she wears an armband around her right biceps.
Image used to illustrate "Stipple, Dot, and Chalk Engravings." Illustration technique referred to as "The Chalk Style" and "Dotted Engraving" by Stannard in text (column 31); also called crayon manner etching or stipple engraving (Gascoigne, How to Identify Prints, 14a-b).
Extent
1 print : etching ; etched area 239 x 193 mm
Related Resource
Grolier Club, The Art Exemplar, by William Stannard, [1859]