Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Exhibition of the Works of James McArdell, Born, 1728-9, Died, 1765
In the early part of the last century, the art of Mezzotint Engraving in this country, although it numbered amongst its followers such men as John Smith, the Fabers, Andrew Miller, and others, had begun steadily to decline, and to lose its hold on the estimation Of the art world at that time, when its restoration was effected by the genius of james mcardell.
It was the subtle power of hand, and the wonderful delicacy and brilliancy of the work of this distinguished engraver, that advanced that form of chalcographic art to a state Of perfection, which was maintained thenceforth for many years by a line Of able and accomplished artists.
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