NOVEMBER 10, 2018–FEBRUARY 24, 2019
AUDIO HIGHLIGHTS
William Baillie
Irish, 1723–1818
After Rembrandt van Rijn
Dutch, 1606–1669
The Three Trees
c. 1800
Etching, engraving, and mezzotint on paper
Gift of James Bergquist in memory of Charles C. Cunningham
Clark Art Institute, 1980.17
Rodolphe Bresdin
French, 1822–1885
The Good Samaritan (Le Bon Samaritain)
1861
Lithograph on paper
Clark Art Institute, 1967.8
Currier & Ives
American, 1834–1907
After Artist Unknown
American, 19th century
The Great Fire at Boston, Nov. 9 & 10, 1872
1872
Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Gift of J. Thomas Wilson
Clark Art Institute, 1981.23
Charles Graham
American, 1852–1911
Fire-Works at Manhattan Beach—“The Last Days of Pompeii”
Published in Harper’s Weekly, July 25, 1885
Wood engraving on paper
Clark Art Institute, 1955.4609
John Martin
English, 1789–1854
The Fall of the Rebel Angels, Paradise Lost, Book 1, Line 44
1825
Mezzotint on paper
Clark Art Institute, 1987.58
Eadweard Muybridge
American, 1830–1904
Cloud’s Rest, Valley of the Yosemite (No. 40)
1872
Albumen print
Acquired with funds donated by Herbert Allen
Clark Art Institute, 2000.8.5
Richard Proctor
English, 1837–1888
Lunar Landscape—“Full” Earth and Lunar Landscape—“New Earth,” from
The Moon: Her Motions, Aspect, Scenery, and Physical Condition
1878
Photomechanical reproduction of wood engraving on paper
David A. Hanson Collection of History of Photomechanical Reproduction,
Clark Art Institute Library
Aaron Draper Shattuck
American, 1832–1928
Monument Mountain
1862
Graphite, heightened with white gouache, on paper
Clark Art Institute, 1975.19
Étienne Léopold Trouvelot
French, 1827–1895
The November Meteors, plate XII from The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings Manual
1882
Color lithograph on paper
Chapin Library, Williams College
Alphonse de Neuville
French, 1835–1885
Underwater Landscape of Crespo Island (Paysage sous-marin de l’ile Crespo),
from Vingt mille lieues sous les mers, by Jules Verne
c. 1895
Color wood engraving on paper
Chapin Library, Williams College