Stephen G. McCutcheon (S. G. McCutcheon)

Stephen G. McCutcheon - My Ain Fireside for the Portfolio Some Modern Etchings

My Ain Fireside (Portfolio: Some Modern Etchings)

Stephen G. McCutcheon's original etching, My Ain Fireside hails from the portfolio entitled, Some Modern Etchings published in 1884. It was also shown at the annual New York Etching Club Exhibition that same year. This original etching 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 noted, "London", in the plate to the lower right. My Ain Fireside fine, original example of 19th century American etched art created by the American artist, Stephen McCutcheon.

Original Etching by the American artist, Stephen G. McCutcheon 'S. G. McCutcheon'.

My Ain Fireside from the Portfolio Some Modern Etchings by the American artist Stephen G. McCutcheon also listed as S. G. McCutcheon

My Ain Fireside (Portfolio: Some Modern Etchings)

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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:	My Ain Fireside (Portfolio: Some Modern Etchings)
Artist:	McCutcheon, Stephen G. (New York, c. 1846 - 1884)
Date:	1884
Medium:	Original Etching with Sepia Plate Tone
Publisher:	White, Stokes & Allen, New York
Source:	Portfolio: Some Modern Etchings
Note:	Stephen G. McCutcheon 'Stephen McCutcheon': A nineteenth century American artist, S. G. McCutcheon has been the source of somewhat of a mystery. His name appears in no standard reference source for 19th century American art. Information, however, has come to the front from three sources; the Minutes of the New York Etching Club, a New York Times article, entitled, "An Artist's Sudden Death: A Member of the Water-Color Society..." and J. R. W. Hitchcock, who wrote the text for the folio Some Modern Etchings, details follow below. From the Minutes of the New York Etching Club one learns that Stephen McCutcheon was nominated for membership in 1881. My Ain Fireside was first exhibited at this institution in 1884. The unknown author of the article cited above claims that S. G. McCutcheon suddenly died in his Broadway studio from a "congestive chill." He also writes that the artist contributed illustrations to such publications as the Illustrated London News, the Century, St. Nicholas Magazine and Harper & Brothers illustrated periodical, Harper's Weekly. Stephen G. McCutcheon exhibited at the National Academy and was a member of the Water-Color Society, Salmagundi Club and the New York Etching Club. The author concludes that McCutcheon died at about the age of forty, and was at work upon a series of illustrations under the title of, "Viceregal Courts of London.
	The N. Y. Times article is undated but it can safely be placed in 1884. In 1887 an edition of Moore's Lalla Rookh was published with two unfinished illustrations by S. G. McCutcheon, with a mention by the editor of his untimely death.
	Apparently Stephen G. McCutcheon, also listed as S. G. McCutcheon worked for some time in England. My Ain Fireside is signed within the plate and annotated, "London". His New York addresses included both Broadway and Staten Island.
	As mentioned earlier, various periodicals commissioned Stephen McCutcheon to supply them with illustrations for their papers. The following examples were published in Harper's Weekly, a New York periodical, A Night On the Sound (1880); Scenes and Incidents of Election Day in New York (1880); A trail of Patience (1880); Country Courtship, (1882); and The International Cricket Match At Philadelphia (1897) and many others. S. G. McCutcheon also illustrated books which dealt with a variety of subjects such as, Our Little Ones and the Nursery, Illustrated Stories and Poems for Little People by William T. Adams, Griffith, Farran, London (1882); Fifty Perfect Poems, with seventy-two illustrations, edited by Charles A. Dana and Rossiter Johnson, D. Appleton and Company (1883); The Bells, by Edgar Allan Poe, with twenty two original engraving from original designs, The John C. Winston Co., Philadelphia (1881); Hannah Jane, by David Ross Locke, Lee and Shephard, Boston, (1882) and others.
	Portfolio: Some Modern Etchings: Stephen G. McCutcheon's original etching, "My Ain Fireside" was commissioned by the New York publisher, White Stokes & Allen, in 1884. Besides McCutcheon's etching, other original etchings included in this portfolio are "Never too Late to Mend" drawn and etched by James Wells Champney, "A Tramp" drawn and etched by Gabrielle D. Clements, "The Clarionet Player" by Katherine Levine based upon a design drawn by H. Kauffmann, "An Old Master at Last" by Elliot Daingerfield designed by Walter Satterlee, "Driving the Sheep" drawn and etched by John Austin Sands Monks, "Testing the Toledo" drawn and etched by Frank Waller, "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; "Mr. MCcutcheon's genre, portrays a scene in very modest Scotch life. The steaming kettle and the leisurely puffs of the bellows are associated with contented comfort, but the bent form and chastened expression of the white-haired widow suggest sorrows and trials beyond the knowledge of the mere spectator." Hitchcock then writes that in "My Ain Fireside","poverty and not need is the story told by surveying the room. One can observe the merry sparkling fire, a cheerful cup of tea, and a savory stew, in which the vegetables upon the table no doubt will take a part.". J. R. W. Hitchcock also noted that this was one of Stephen G. McCutcheon's last works of art. "The receipt of the plate for My Ain Fireside was followed within a few weeks by the sad tidings of the artist's death".
	My Ain Fireside and seven other original etchings were included in the New York Etching Club Exhibition of 1884. The New York Etching Club, portfolio was printed by the Studio Press, New York and contained eight original etchings, Samuel Colman, Henry Farrer, M. Nimmo Moran, S. G. McCutcheon, Stephen Parrish, J. D. Smillie, and Kruesman Van Elten. This original etching entitled, My Ain Fireside hails from the portfolio entitled, Some Modern Etchings.
Size:	9 1/4 X 6 3/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
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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 noted, "London", in the plate to the lower right. Containing some foxing within the image and in the margins else, a finely printed impression with full plate tone and in very good condition throughout. My Ain Fireside represents a fine, original example of 19th century American etched art.
Subject:	Stephen G. McCutcheon, S. G. McCutcheon, My Ain Fireside, original etching, Water-Color Society, annual New York Etching Club Exhibitions, 19th century American etched art.
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