[George W. Sheldon, Selections in Modern Art]

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Photographs of the cover and pages from George W. Sheldon's "Selections in Modern Art," held by UNT Special Collections. These volumes contain 125 plates of steel engravings and etchings representing works of recent and contemporary artists of the late 19th century. The etching Cedars by Moonlight by James Smillies, 1878, is one of the earliest instances of an American etcher beginning to differentiate between daylight and moonlight, a distinction easier made in theory than in practice. The cover is a severely worn brown leather, the front of it containing the title over an illustration of a woman etched in gold … continued below

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3 photographs : col. ill. ; 5184 x 3456 px., 2598 x 2391 px.

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Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery November 27, 2017.

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Photographs of the cover and pages from George W. Sheldon's "Selections in Modern Art," held by UNT Special Collections. These volumes contain 125 plates of steel engravings and etchings representing works of recent and contemporary artists of the late 19th century. The etching Cedars by Moonlight by James Smillies, 1878, is one of the earliest instances of an American etcher beginning to differentiate between daylight and moonlight, a distinction easier made in theory than in practice. The cover is a severely worn brown leather, the front of it containing the title over an illustration of a woman etched in gold and black. The spine contains the title. Image 2, a page containing an illustration called Cedars by Moonlight by James Smillie. The illustration is black and white and is of cedar trees standing tall atop a hill on a cloudy night, the moon partially hidden behind the cloudy sky. Image 3, a page containing an illustration called "Homeless" by Gustave Doré. The black and white illustration is of a woman in a long raggedy dress. She is holding a child covered in raggedy robes a hood partially covering his/her face. They are both barefoot and have a forlorn look on their faces.

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3 photographs : col. ill. ; 5184 x 3456 px., 2598 x 2391 px.

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This image was taken for use in the digital version of UNT Special Collections' Spring 2018 exhibit "Destination: Special Collections."

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  • Preferred Citation: University Photography Collection (U0458), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery. [George W. Sheldon, Selections in Modern Art], photograph, November 27, 2017; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1633864/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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