Sir David Young Cameron D. Y Cameron

St. Merri, Paris

Sir David Young Cameron's original etching and drypoint engraving, St. Merri, Paris is printed upon very thin Japanese paper as published in 1906, Catalogue # Rinder 379, Third State of Four. It is signed by D. Y. Cameron in the plate with his monogramme and also in pencil under the plate-mark. St. Merri, Paris is a fine, original example of the French architectural art created by Sir David Young Cameron, one of the greatest masters of the British school of landscape and architectural etching.

Original Etching & Drypoint Engraving by the British artist, Sir David Young Cameron (D. Y. Cameron).

St. Merri, Paris

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Sir David Young Cameron (Glasgow, 1865 - 1945)
#	Image	Title & Engraver	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Almshouses, St. Cross by Sir David Young Cameron (D. Y. Cameron)	Original Etching	1902	Signed in the plate to the lower left with Sir David Young Cameron's 'DYC' monogram. Catalogue # Rinder #339.
02.-		Perth Bridge by Sir David Young Cameron (D. Y. Cameron)	Original Etching	1889	Signed in the plate by Sir David Young Cameron.	Sold
03.-		Ralia by Sir David Young Cameron (D. Y. Cameron)	Original Drypoint Engraving	1912	Signed in the plate with his monogramme and in pencil by Sir David Young Cameron under the plate-mark. Catalogue # Rinder 433.
04.-		St. Merri, Paris by Sir David Young Cameron (D. Y. Cameron)	Original Etching & Drypoint Engraving	1906	Signed in the plate with his monogramme and in pencil by Sir David Young Cameron under the plate-mark. Catalogue # Rinder 379, Third State of Four.

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Title:	St. Merri, Paris
Artist:	Cameron, Sir David Young 'D. Y. Cameron' (Glasgow, 1865 - 1945)
Date:	1906
Medium:	Original Etching & Drypoint Engraving
Note:	Sir David Young Cameron (D. Y. Cameron): Rightly regarded as one of the greatest masters of the British school of landscape and architectural etching, David Young Cameron started his career in business while studying part-time at the Glasgow School of Art. He abandoned his career in commerce at the age of twenty and produced his first etching two years later. By the time he created his last etching (1932), Cameron had left an oeuvre of exactly 500 works of art, many of which are now considered as masterworks of original graphic art. David Young Cameron was a full member of the Royal Academy, the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Engravers. He was also knighted for his contribution to British art.
	Most of Cameron's early works of art, committed purely in etching, depict Scottish scenes. From 1892 to 1909, however, he frequently visited the Continent and created many architectural views in Holland, France, Italy and Egypt. After 1911 Cameron again almost entirely devoted his art to the Scottish landscape. St. Merri, Paris dates from 1906. This period was crucial to Cameron's artistic development. Architectural views, particularly medieval churches, doorways and windows are brilliantly delineated in a form which some scholars compare to the art of the great French etcher, Charles Meryon. As well, "By 1905 Cameron was making drypoint additions to his etching in order to achieve a greater depth and richness in the shadows, and soon drypoint was to take over, culminating in the Scottish landscapes." * (Kenneth M. Guichard, British Etchers: 1850-1940, London, Robin Garton Ltd., 1981, p. 32.)
	St. Merri, Paris: Although many fine reference books have been written upon the etched art of D. Y. Cameron, confusion still prevails as to the edition size of many of his plates. With the exception of a few, unsigned etchings he submitted to arts periodicals like the Studio, almost all were published in very small editions of twenty-five or less. This was particularly true of his work which included drypointing, such as, St. Merri, Paris, for unless the plate is steel-faced, a drypoint will only yield a maximum of twenty satisfactory impressions. Also, David Cameron was a most meticulous artist. Many of his etchings and drypoints exist in a number of states, which were printed in only one to five impressions for each alteration to the plate. St. Merri, Paris is known to exist in four states and in all probability less than ten impressions were printed for every state.
Raisonne:	Frank Rinder, D. Y. Cameron. An Illustrated Catalogue of his Etchings and Drypoints, 1887-1932, Glasgow, 1932. Catalogue #379, Third State of Four.
Size:	10 1/4 X 4 3/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon very thin Japanese paper with trimmed margins, as usual, as published in 1906. Signed by Cameron in the plate with his monogramme (lower right corner) and in pencil under the plate-mark. A luminous, early impression and in excellent condition throughout. St. Merri, Paris is a prime example of the famous art of Sir David Young Cameron.
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