Arthur Turrell and Albert Bellows - Little Miss Wildflower

Little Miss Wildflower

Arthur Turrell's original mixed method engraving, "Little Miss Wildflower" is based upon a design by the American artist, Albert Bellows. This 'Artist Proof Impression' is printed upon china paper which has been pressed onto a larger sheet of wove paper and with large, full margins as published in New York by Knoedler & Company in 1880. "Little Miss Wildflower" represents a fine, original example of 19th century Victorian era art of Albert Fitch Bellows and the mixed-method genre engraving by the British artist, Arthur Turrell.

Original Mixed Method Engraving by Arthur Turrell designed by Albert Bellows.

Little Miss Wildflower

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Title:	Little Miss Wildflower
Engraver:	Turrell, Arthur (London, Active, 1875 - 1900)
Designer:	Bellows, Albert Fitch (Milford, Massachusetts, 1829 - New York, 1883)
Date:	1880
Medium:	Original Mixed Method Engraving
Publisher:	Knoedler & Company, Fifth Avenue, New York
Edition:	Proof Before Letters
Note:	Arthur Turrell: One of the most active engravers of the late nineteenth century, Arthur Turrell became best known for his large, mixed-method genre depictions, particularly those portraying children. Almost all his engravings are based upon the designs of contemporary artists such as, J. M. Strudwick, F. Sargent and Albert Fitch Bellows. Arthur Turrell also exhibited his paintings at the Royal Academy, from 1885 to 1898.
	Arthur Turrell was the father and teacher of the architectural etcher, Arthur James Turrell (b. 1871). Little Miss Wildflower is considered to be one of his finest works of engraved art and one of the major achievements within the entire oeuvre of the large Victorian era engraving.
	Albert Fitch Bellows 'Albert Bellows': A gifted New England painter and etcher of genre scenes and landscapes, Albert Bellows studied art in Paris and at the Antwerp Royal Academy. After completing his studies, Albert Bellows began his career in England and Wales and exhibited some of his compositions at London's prestigious Royal Academy.
	A. F. Bellows returned to Massachusetts around 1855. By 1859 he had become an Associate Member of America's National Academy of Design, and within two years a full Academician. Albert Bellows's paintings today are included in major public museums in New York, Chicago and London.
	Little Miss Wild Flower represents one of Albert Bellows's greatest genre compositions. The engraving of this work was left to the talents of the British nineteenth century artist, Arthur Turrell.
	The Victorian Mixed Method Engraving: Perhaps the most technically demanding form of original printmaking, the mixed method engraving reached its apex during the later Victorian era. Highly skilled engravers would often devote more than a full year's work to one large engraving, combining such complex mediums as mezzotinting, aquatinting, stippling, etching and engraving to produce remarkable effects in black and white. During the mid and late nineteenth century these large engravings became the driving force of the Victorian art world.
	Unfortunately, surviving examples of this unique art form are now very scarce. Because of their large size most of these engravings were meant to be framed. Nineteenth century framers knew next to nothing about archival conservation and thus the majority of these important works have been unalterably ruined. Thankfully this beautiful example is in very good condition.
	In Victorian terms this impression of Little Miss Wildflower is known as a 'Proof Before Letters'. Proofs were the first impressions to be taken from the plate before the title was added along the lower margin and the final edition was published. Proofs thus constitute the finest impressions, both in their methods of printings and in the papers used. This impression is printed on fine china paper which has been impressed onto a larger sheet of thick, white wove paper.
Size:	26 1/2 X 19 1/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Buy Now	Price: $895.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon china paper which has been pressed onto a larger sheet of wove paper and with large, full margins as published in New York by Knoedler in 1880 (with the publisher's address and date engraved along the lower margin). Containing some foxing within the outer marginsand a restored tear (1 1/2 inches in lenth) along the lower right margin, well away from the image, else in thelse a beautiful, tonal printing bearing all the fine lines of a Proof impression. Little Miss Wildflower represents a prime, original example of the Victorian era mixed method engraving.
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Arthur Turrell & Albert Bellows

Little Miss Wildflower