Gainsborough, Thomas 1727-1788 British, A Cart Pulled by Three Horses. 7.25 x 10.25 ins., (18.5 x 26 cms.), Soft-ground etching, From the Original in the Collection of W.Alexander Esq., Published November 1st 1804 by W.F.Wells and J.Laporte Gainsborough enjoyed the technique of soft-ground etching, which permitted him a more 'painterly' approach to print making. Gainsborough did not appreciate the time consuming exercise of traditional etching and probably learned the soft-ground technique from Paul Sandby Sandby wrote, 'It saves all the trouble of etching with a needle and will produce an outline like fine Indian chalk.' It is unlikely that Gainsnborough himself made many copper plates, the process took too much time away from drawing, his passion. Almost all his published prints were actually taken from his drawings and copied onto plates by Boydell, Laporte, Wells and others. These prints offered for sale are very high quality.
Gainsborough, Thomas 1727-1788 British, A Cart Pulled by Three Horses. 7.25 x 10.25 ins., (18.5 x 26 cms.), Soft-ground etching, From the Original in the Collection of W.Alexander Esq., Published November 1st 1804 by W.F.Wells and J.Laporte Gainsborough enjoyed the technique of soft-ground etching, which permitted him a more 'painterly' approach to print making. Gainsborough did not appreciate the time consuming exercise of traditional etching and probably learned the soft-ground technique from Paul Sandby Sandby wrote, 'It saves all the trouble of etching with a needle and will produce an outline like fine Indian chalk.' It is unlikely that Gainsnborough himself made many copper plates, the process took too much time away from drawing, his passion. Almost all his published prints were actually taken from his drawings and copied onto plates by Boydell, Laporte, Wells and others. These prints offered for sale are very high quality.
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