Sir David Young Cameron, R.A., R.S.A.,R.W.S, R.E. 1865-1945.
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All works are signed in pencil unless indicated otherwise.
Scotland
Arran Peaks. 1912. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 436.v/vi. 9 3/4 x 13 3/4 (sheet 13 1/16 x 10 1/8). Edition about 50. A rich, tonal impression printed on 'Ruse' cream laid paper with full margins. This large, impressive plate was exhibited at the Royal Academy, London in 1912. Signed in pencil. $850.
Ben Ledi. c. 1911. Pencil, conte crayon and watercolor on watercolor board. 14 3/16 x 11 7/16. Related to the etching of the same title (Rinder 424), Cameron's most famous etching. Signed, lower left. $9,500.
Ben Lomond. 1923. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 468.v/vi. 10 3/8 x 16 (sheet 11 1/2 x 17). Edition about 80. Illustrated: Salaman, Modern Masters of Etching; Print Collector's Quarterly 11 (1923): 63; American Magazine of Art (August, 1929). A rich, tonal impression with drypoint burr, printed on tissue paper mounted onto Japanese mulberry paper. A rich impression with drypoint burr. Signed in pencil. $2,000.
Ben Lomond. c. 1923. Pencil and watercolor on paper. 10 x 13 1/2. Signed, lower left. $5,000.
Cambuskenneth. 1904. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 367.iii/iii. 4 5/8 x 7 3/4 (sheet 7 1/2 x 10 1/4). A rich impression with plate tone and drypoint burr, printed on tan 'W.A.C.' watermarked laid paper. Signed in pencil. $275.
Castle Moyle. 1932. Drypoint. Rinder 497.iii. 6 7/8 x 10 7/8 (sheet 11 3/8 x 7). Edition 220. A rich impression with plate tone, printed on cream laid paper with deckle edges on two sides. Collector's seal verso of the famous Philadelphia collector, Charles J. Rosenbloom (Lugt 633b). Signed in pencil. $450.
Castle Urquhart. 1929. Drypoint with etching. Rinder 484.v. Edition about 85. 9 1/4 x 16 1/2 (13 x 19 1/8). A fine impression with drypoint burr, printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $750.
The Clyde at Symington. 1889. Etching. Rinder 32. 4 1/2 x 8 15/16 (sheet 8 5/16 x 13 3/8). A rich impression printed on white laid paper from an old volume. Signed by Cameron AND the printer, Frederick Goulding. Goulding was the master printer in the UK. At the time, his signature was often valued more than the artist's signature. $450.
Culzewn Castle. 1889. Etching. Rinder 48. 5 13/16 x 9 (sheet 8 1/4 x 12). Series: The Clyde Set, #19. There are several printing folds, primarily in the margins. A fine impression with plate tone on watermarked laid paper. Printed by Goulding. Signed in pencil by Goulding and by Cameron. $275.
Dunure Castle. Oil on canvas. 16 1/2 x 28 3/8 (framed 22 x 34). Signed, lower right. $18,500.
Elcho on the Tay. 1900. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 312.ii. 10 11/32 x 13 5/8. Exhibited at the Painter-Etchers, 1901, #35. Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly 1 (1911): 85. Signed in pencil. $850.
The Fisher's Hut. 1910. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 411.iv/v. 4 15/16 x 10 1/16 (sheet 5 7/8 x 11). A rich, glowing impression with plate tone and drypoint burr printed on Japanese mulberry paper. Signed and titled in pencil. $450.
Glen Orchy. Watercolor over pencil on paper. 9 1/4 x 13 (sight size). Ex-collection L.Gl Duke. Signed and titled in pencil, lower right. $2,750.
The Lion and the Unicorn. 1921. Etching. R 427.v. 6 1/8 x 4 5/16). Edition 200. A rich impression printed on the full sheet of cream Japanese vellum. As issued for the Edition de luxe of the Rinder catalogue of Cameron's etchings and drypoints. Signed in pencil. $175.
Mar's Work, Stirling Castle, No. 2. 1907. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 386.iii/v. 9 7/8 x 6 3/4. Edition 23. A rich impression on Japanese mulberry paper. $325.
Tantallon. 1932. Drypoint. Rinder 499.iii. 7 7/8 x 15 7/8 (sheet 10 5/8 x 18 1/2). Edition about 80. Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1932. A rich impression with plate tone and drypoint burr printed on cream laid paper. Faint mat line; otherwise in fine condition. Signed in pencil. $650.
Tayside. 1890. Etching. Rinder 73. 6 x 11 (sheet 7 5/8 x 12 9/16). An impression with subtle plate tone printed in 'RH' laid paper. A scarce early etching. Signed in pencil. $375.
The Three Vagrants. 1892. Etching. R 149. 5 x 6 1/8 (sheet 5 3/8 x 6 1/8). Edition 10. Printed on cream laid paper, trimmed to the plate on three sides. Exhibited: Painter-Etchers, 1893. A fine impression of this extremely rare early image. Signed and titled in pencil. $500.
England
The Admiralty. 1899. Etching. Rinder 301. 4 1/2 x 4 3/16 (sheet 5 1/2 x 5 3/16). London set, #12. Edition of 35 sets, with a few individual proofs apart from the set. A rich impression printed on cream laid paper. Signed in pencil. $550.
The Chapel and Founder's Tomb, Charterhouse. 1895. Etching. Rinder 240. 6 1/4 x 4 1/4. Frontispiece for E.P. Wilmot and E.C. Streatfeld, Charterhouse Old and New (London: Nimmo, 1895). Initialed in the plate. A fine impression printed on Japanese vellum. $50.
Gloucester. 1931. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 490.iii. 16 7/16 x 7 7/8 (sheet 19 5/16 x 8 7/8). Edition about 88. Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1931. A rich impression with drypoint burr, printed on antique laid paper. Signed in pencil. $725.
Kingsgate, Winchester. 1902. Etching. Rinder 340. 6 1/8 x 4 (sheet 10 1/8 x 7 3/8). As published in Walton's Compleat Angler. Winchester Edition, edited by George A.V. Dewar. London: Freemantle & Co., 1902. Signed in pencil, possibly by another hand. $75.
Newgate. 1899. Etching. Rinder 300.ii/iii. 6 3/16 x 4 7/8 (sheet 7 9/16 x 5 7/8). Series: London set, #11. Illustrated: Salaman, Modern Masters of Etching. Printed with plate tone on off-white laid paper. Signed in pencil. $500.
Old Bridge, Whitby. 1908. Drypoint. Rinder 403.iii. 7 7/8 x 12 1/2 (sheet 9 x 13 1/2). Edition 21. Printed with rich drypoint burr and plate tone on Japanese mulberry paper. A glowing impression of this extremely rare image. Signed in pencil. $650.
Old Farm, Norington. 1902. Etching. Rinder 331. 3 15/16 x 5 7/8 (sheet 7 x 9 13/16). As published in Walton's Compleat Angler. Winchester Edition, edited by George A.V. Dewar. London: Freemantle & Co., 1902. A fine impression printed on cream wove paper. Initialed in the plate. $75.
St. George's, Hanover Square. 1899. Etching. Rinder 301. 4 1/2 x 4 3/16 (sheet 5 1/2 x 5 3/16). London set, #12. Edition of 35 sets, with a few individual proofs apart from the set. A rich impression printed on cream laid paper. Signed in pencil. $650.
Belgium
The Belfry of Bruges. 1907. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 392.ii. 14 15/16 x 5 9/32 (sheet 16 1/4 x 7). Belgian set #6. Edition 63. A rich, glowing impression with burr, printed on fine laid paper. Printed on the full sheet with deckle edges. Signed in pencil. $675.
Old La Roche. 1907. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 393.iii. 8 1/2 x 10 (sheet 10 5/16 x 11 1/16). Belgian set #7. Edition 63. A rich, glowing impression with burr, printed on Japanese mulberry paper. Printed on the full sheet with deckle edges.Signed in pencil. $550
Ypres II [Belgium]. c. 1910-1914. Charcoal and watercolor. 9 x 12 (sheet 9 1/16 x 13 3/4). Signed in pencil. $1,750.
France
Beauvais. 1910. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 412.iii/iii. 10 1/8 x 8 1/8 (sheet 12 1/8 x 9 5/16). Edition 39. A rich impression with drypoint burr printed on Japanese mulberry paper. Signed pencil. $600.
The Chimera of Amiens. 1910. Drypoint. Rinder 415.vii. 9 9/16 x 7 3/16. Illustrated: Guichard, British Etchers, 1850-1940; Lumsden, The Art of Etching; Salaman, Modern Masters of Etching: D.Y. Cameron; Hind, The Etchings of D.Y. Cameron. Signed in pencil. $1,750.
Cour des Bon Enfants, Rouen. 1897. Etching. Rinder 277.ii/iii. 9 x 12 15/16 (sheet 10 11/16 x 14 1/8). No edition stated. Printed with plate tone on cream wove paper. A glowing impression of this rare image. Signed in pencil. $650.
Hotel de Sens. 1904. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 363.iv. 11 3/16 x 6 1/4 (sheet 12 1/16 x 6 5/16). Paris Set, #3. A The Paris Set consisted of 6 images, printed in an edition of 35, with some additional impressions.rich impression with plate tone printed on cream laid paper. The name commemorates the fact that in the fifteenth century, when this hotel was built for the occupation of the Archbishops of Sens, Paris was under their ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Signed in pencil. $600.
Rue Saint Julien le Pauvre. 1904. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 366.ii/v. 8 3/16 x 6 1/2 (sheet 9 x 7). Paris Set, #6. The Paris Set consisted of 6 images, printed in an edition of 35, with some additional impressions. Repaired paper loss from a hinge, top right, outside the image. Printed with plate tone on off-white laid paper. A very rich impression of this scarce image. A very rich impression of this scarce image. Signed in pencil. $575.
Saint Laumer, Blois. 1903. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 351.iii. 12 7/8 x 7 1/4 (sheet 15 x 8 13/16). A rich impression with plate tone, printed on Japanese mulberry paper. Illustrated: Salaman, Modern Masters of Etching. Signed in pencil. $600.
Netherlands
Haarlem. 1893. Etching. Rinder 170.i. 8 3/8 x 11 7/8 (sheet 8 3/4 x 12 13/16). No published edition -- a very few impressions only. Printed on antique laid paper. Exhibited: Painter-Etchers, 1894, and in Berlin. A carefully wiped tonal impression of this very rare image. Signed and annotated '#19'1st State' in pencil. $1,500. ession with atmospheric plate tone, printed on pale cream crown and shield watermarked laid paper. Signed in pencil. $1,250.
The East
Aquamanile. 1913. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 441.iii. 10 5/8 x 9 1/2. Edition about 50. Illustrated: Hind, The Etchings of D.Y. Cameron. An aquamanile is a water vessel. This image is modeled after a fourteenth-century brass said to come from Hereford Cathedral. Signed in pencil. $250.
Street in Cairo. 1910. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 414.v/v. No edition size is stated. 14 3/16 x 8 15/16 (sheet 15 1/2 x 10 5/8). A rich impression with drypoint burr and plate tone, printed on Japanese mulberry paper. This is a very rare image. Signed and titled 'Street Scene Cairo' in pencil. $500.
The Turkish Fort. 1909. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 409. 5 1/2 x 10 3/8. The fort is on the Mokaltam Hills, near Cairo. Signed in pencil. $275.
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