ETCHINGS ARE NOW ON EXHIBITION AT FOGG GALLERY

Etchings by Meryon, Whistler, Haden and Zorn are now on exhibition in the Print Room of the Fogg Museum. Among the prints shown are many of the favorite works of these artists. They are very fine impressions of early states of the plates, showing the artists at their best. The twelve etchings by Meryon are of the old Paris of his day, depicting the poetry and picturesqueness of the city which have long since been destroyed. The etchings include "The Stryge", its title written in pencil by Meryon himself; "La Galorie de Notre Dame", with its reflected light, a presentation copy, bearing in Meryon's handwriting "a Mr. Hillemacher"; the "Pont an Change" with its wonderful sky effect; the "Abside de Notre Dame"; and "La Pompe Notre Dame".

Several of these prints are on the green paper which Meryon frequently used in early proofs.

The etchings by Whistler are largely from the Thames set etched about 1859, and include very fine impressions of the Black Lion Wharf, the Lime Burners, The Pool and Little Pool. The portrait of Bocquet, "The Fiddler", bears in Whistler's handwriting, the words "Fine proof". There are also several etchings of a later period, showing his later style, from the Venice subjects--as "The Doorway", "Rialto", and "Furnace Nocturne". The "Nocturne Palaces" is one of Whistler's famous Nocturnes and shows the effect which he produces in the wiping of the plate.

Of the etchings by Seymour Haden, the "Shere Mill Pond" and "Sunset in Ireland" are particularly beautiful impressions of favorite plates of this famous English surgeon-artist.

The prints by Zorn are all portraits and are characteristic works of this very individual and powerful etcher.

Part of the prints are from the collection of Horatio G. Curtis of Boston, of the class of 1865, lent by him for this exhibition. The remainder are from the Fogg Museum collection.

The exhibition will remain open during the summer.