James Wells Champney - Never too Late to Mend

Never too Late to Mend

James Wells Champney's original etching, "Never too Late to Mend" is printed upon hand-made, laid paper and with wide, full margins as published in New York in 1884 by White, Stokes & Allen. It is signed and dated in the plate by the artist. James Champney based this original etching upon his own painting of the same name. "Never too Late to Mend" is a fine, original example of the 19th century American art created bt James Wells Champney.

Original etching by the American artist, James Wells Champney.

Never too Late to Mend

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Some Modern Etchings: Published by White, Stokes & Allen, New York
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01.-		An Old Master at Last Elliot Daingerfield designed by Walter Satterlee	Original Etching with Sepia Plate Tone	1884	Signed and dated by Elliot Daingerfield in the plate to the lower left.	Sold
02.-		Driving the Sheep by John Austin Sands Monks	Original Etching	1884	Signed and dated in the plate by John Austin Sands Monks to the lower right.	Sold
03.-		Never too Late to Mend by James Wells Champney	Original Etching	1884	Signed and dated by James Champney in the plate to the lower right.
04.-		My Ain Fireside by Stephen G. McCutcheon	Original Etching	1884	Signed by Stephen McCutcheon and noted, "London" in the plate to the lower right.
05.-		Testing the Toledo by Frank Waller	Original Etching	1884	Signed and dated by Frank Waller in the plate to the lower right.

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Title:	Never too Late to Mend
Artist:	Champney, James Wells (Boston, 1843 - Deerfield, MA, 1903)
Date:	1884
Medium:	Original Etching
Publisher:	White, Stokes & Allen, New York
Note:	James Wells Champney 'James Champney': A nineteenth century American painter and etcher, James Wells Champney studied art at the Lowell Institute, Boston, in Paris in 1866, under Edouard Frere, and at the Antwerp Academy, in 1868. He then returned home to Boston and several years later opened a studio there. Champney illustrated Edward King's, book entitled, "The Great South". He taught drawing in the school of Dr. Dio Lewis, at Lexington, Massachusetts. Around 1875 Champney was commissioned by the editors of the French journal, 'L'Iillustration' to supply drawings depicting American life.
	J. W. Champney was a full member of the American Watercolor Society, Boston Art Club, National Arts Club, Century Association and American Fine Arts Society. In 1882 he was elected an Associate Member of the National Academy of Design. Today the art of James Champney is included in the permanent collections of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Deerfield Academy, Phoenix Art Museum, Georgia Museum of Art, Smith College Museum of Art, The Newark Museum and The Corcoran Gallery.
	James Champney was best known for his fine genre depictions and figure studies. He based this original etching upon his own painting. In 1869, his first genre painting was purchased by Goupil & Company. At the age of twenty, Champley served in the Forty-fifth Regiment of Massachusetts.
Source:	Portfolio, Some Modern Etchings: James Champney was commissioned by the New York publisher, White Stokes & Allen in 1884 to etch "Never too Late to Mend". Besides James Wells Champney's original etching other etchings included in this portfolio are "Testing the Toledo" drawn and etched by Frank Waller, "A Tramp" drawn and etched by Gabrielle D. Clements, "An Old Master at Last" by Elliott Daingerfield based on a design by Walter Satterlee, "Driving the Sheep" drawn and etched by John Austin Sands Monks's,, "The Clarionet Player" by Katherine Levine based upon a design by H. Kauffmann, "My Ain Fireside" drawn and etched by S. G. McCutcheon, "Portrait of Rembrandt" by F.S. King based upon Rembrandt's painting, "The Evening Star" drawn and etched by Walter Satterlee, and "The Ponte San Trinita" drawn and etched by Joseph Pennell.
	J. R. W. Hitchcock, who wrote the text for the folio Some Modern Etchings writes; " The signature of J. W. Champney or Champ, has become an old friend to the frequenters of our exhibitions and to many lovers of illustrated periodicals and books.".
Size:	9 1/2 X 6 3/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $265.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon hand-made, laid paper and with wide, full margins as published in New York in 1884 by White, Stokes & Allen. Signed and dated in the plate to the lower right. Containing slight foxing in the outer margins (well removed from the actual etching), else a deeply printed impression with full plate tone and in very good condition. Never too Late to Mend represents a fine, original example of the 19th century American art of James Wells Champney.
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