Stephen James Ferris and Angelo Martinetti

Romeo and Juliet

Stephen James Ferris's original etching, "Romeo and Juliet" is based upon the design of the nineteenth century Italian painter, Angelo Martinelli. It was commissioned in 1886 by Gebbie & Company in Philadelphia for a large portfolio entitled, “The Masterpieces of Italian Art”. Every etching from this collection (including Romeo and Juliet) was published in a limited edition of three hundred impressions and printed upon fine china paper. "Romeo and Juliet" is a fine, original example of the etched art created by the American artist Stephen Ferris.

Original Etching by the American artist, Stephen Ferris designed by the Italian artist, Angelo Martinetti.

Romeo and Juliet

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Stephen James Ferris (Plattsburg, N. Y., 1835 - Philadelphia, 1915)
#	Image	Title & Engraver and Designer	Medium	Date	Source	-
01-		A Good Story designed and etched by Stephen James Ferris	Original Etching	1887 (1889 ed.)	Ten Selected Etchings
02.-		Devil's Way, Algiers by Stephen James Ferris designed by Mouilleron	Original Etching	1879	The American Art Review
03.-		Mrs. Philip Nicklin by Stephen James Ferris designed by designed by Gilbert Stuart	Original Etching	1879	The American Art Review
04.-		Portrait of Mrs. J. Coleman Drayton by Stephen James Ferris designed by Daniel Huntington	Original Etching	1881	The American Art Review
05.-		Romeo and Juliet by Stephen James Ferris designed by Angelo Martinetti	Original Etching	1886	The Masterpieces of Italian Art
06.-		The Halberdier by Stephen James Ferris designed by Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier.	Original Etching	1887	Signed in pencil by Stephen James Ferris under the plate-mark.
07.-		The Old Clothes Dealer, Cairo by Stephen James Ferris designed by Jean Leon Gerome	Original Etching	1880	The American Art Review

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Title:	Romeo and Juliet
Engraver:	Ferris, Stephen James 'Stephen Ferris' (Plattsburg, N. Y., 1835 - Philadelphia, 1915)
Designer:	Martinetti, Angelo (Born, Rome, late 19th century)
Date:	1886
Medium:	Original Etching
Publisher:	Gebbie & Company, Philadelphia
Source:	The Masterpieces of Italian Art
Edition:	Limited Edition of Three Hundred Impressions.
Note:	Stephen James Ferris 'Stephen Ferris': An influential Philadelphia painter and etcher of portraits and figure studies, Stephen James Ferris studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy and in Paris, under Jean Leon Gerome. He achieved a considerable reputation for his art in both America and Europe and received the prestigious Fortuny Prize for the best portrait, Rome, 1876. Ferris also served for twenty six years as the Instructor of Art at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women.
	Stephen Ferris’s association with American art and artists is important. His wife, Elizabeth Moran Ferris, was the sister of the artists, Thomas and Peter Moran. His son, Jean Leon Gerome Moran, became a well known painter in the late nineteenth century. Stephen Ferris was also a major connoisseur of fine prints, particularly etchings. Over two thousand of his collected prints are now housed at the Smithsonian Institution under the title of ‘The Ferris Collection’.
	Stephen Ferris’s first published etching was created in 1875. During the following years he created many fine portraits and figure studies in this medium. Many were based upon the designs of the artists he admired most, such as, Gerome (his former teacher), Fortuny, Martinetti and Mouilleron such as this original etching entitled, "Romeo and Juliet".
	Angelo Martinetti: A 19th century Italian artist, Angelo Martinetti is best known as a genre and realist painter and watercolor artist. His paintings and watercolors include such works as, Tea Time, Birthday Morning, Vanity and The Mouse Trap. Martinetti is known to have exhibited in Rome and Turin in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Today, the art of Angelo Martinetti can be found in the collections of the Museum Revoltella, the York Museums Trust, UK, Trieste, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, the New York Historical Society Museum & Library, NY and other important private and public institutions.
	The Masterpieces of Italian Art: Romeo and Juliet was commissioned in 1886 by Gebbie & Company in Philadelphia for a large portfolio entitled, “The Masterpieces of Italian Art”. Every etching from this collection (including Romeo and Juliet) was published in a limited edition of three hundred impressions and printed upon fine china paper. The portfolio included etchings after the great masters such as, Titian’s Bell, Boccaccio, Malicious Comments, Mars and Venus, Neptune & Amphitrite, The Crucifixion, Spartans Temperance, Worship of Pan, Honest Man, Jupiter and Antiope, The Flowers of Spring as well as including many photogravures.
Size:	14 1/2 X 9 3/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $225.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon fine china paper and impressed onto a larger sheet of white, wove paper as published in Philadelphia in a limited edition of 300 impressions in 1886. Signed, ‘S. Ferris’, in the plate to the lower right. A strong, finely printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. Romeo and Juliet represents a prime, original example of the nineteenth century etched art of Stephen Ferris.
Subject:	Stephen James Ferris, Stephen Ferris, Romeo and Juliet, original etching, Angelo Martinelli, Philadelphia painter and etcher, Gebbie & Company, The Ferris Collection, The Masterpieces of Italian Art.
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Stephen James Ferris & Angelo Martinetti

Romeo and Juliet