Sir David Young Cameron, R.E. 1865-1945.
Works on paper: etchings, drypoints, watercolors.
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All works are signed in pencil unless indicated otherwise.
Watercolors
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. $4,500.
Ypres II [Belgium]. c. 1910-1914. Charcoal and watercolor. 9 x 12 (sheet 9 1/16 x 13 3/4). Signed in pencil. $1,950.
Etchings and Drypoints
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.
Ben Ledi. 1911. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 424.iii. 14 7/8 x 11 7/8. A fine, delicately wiped impression printed on fine laid paper. This is Cameron's most famous etching. $7,000.
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.
Castle Moyle. 1932. Drypoint. R 497.iii. 6 7/8 x 10 7/8. Edition 220. $450.
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.
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. $1,750.
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. $750.
Elcho on the Tay. 1900. Etching and drypoint. R 312.ii. 10 11/32 x 13 5/8. Exhibited at the Painter-Etchers, 1901, #35. $850.
Holyrood in 1745. 1896. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 231. 13 7/8 x 21 1/4 (sheet 15 5/16 x 21 1/4). One of 85 proofs printed on Japanese vellum, aside from the main edition (there were 60 proofs printed by Goulding and signed by him, and an additional 500 proofs on antique white paper). Published by the Art Union of Scotland. Light struck; otherwise excellent condition. A rich, luminous impression. Signed in pencil. $425.
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 rich impression with plate tone printed on cream laid paper. The name commemorates the factthat in the fifteenth century, when this hotel was built forthe occupation of the Archbishops of Sens, Paris ws under their ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Signed in pencil.$600.
Kingsgate, Winchester. 1902. Etching. Rinder 340. 6 1/8 x 4 (sheet 10 1/8 x 7 3/8). A good impression printed with plate tone on cream wove paper. As issued in The Complete Angler. Signed in pencil. $175.
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.
Loch Eil. 1929-30. Drypoint. R487.iii/v. 5 x 10 1/8. Edition about 50. $350.
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.
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.
Old St. Etienne [Caen]. 1907. Etching and drypoint.Rinder 400.iv. 14 7/8 x 7 1/2. A rich impression printed on laid paper with full margins. Signed in pencil. $450.
Ponte della Trinità. 1902-07. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 325.vi. 6 9/16 x 8 5/8 (sheet 8 3/16 x 11 5/8)l A very rich impression with plate tone. Printed on watermarked laid paper, on the full sheet with deckle edges. Signed in pencil. $550.
Rue Saint Julien le Pauvre. 1904. Etching and drypoint. R 366.ii/iv. 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. Signed in pencil. Printed with plate tone on off-white laid paper. Repaired paper loss from a hinge, top right, outside the image. A very rich impression of this very rare print. $575.
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.
Saint Gervais, Rue des Barres. 1904. Etching. Rinder 364. 10 1/8 x 6 7/32 (sheet 11 1/4 x 6 7/8). Paris Set, #4. A glowing proof printed on Japanese mulberry paper. The full name of the church, St.Gervais et St. Protais, commemorates the legen of twin brothers andgiants who suffered for the Christian faith under Nero and were martyred at Milan. Signed in pencil. $600.
Scottish Women's Hospital. 1914. Etching. Not in Rinder. Bookplate. 4 1/8 x 2 3/4. Signed in pencil. Printed on off-white wove paper. A fine impression of this very rare print. $175.
Souvenir d'Amsterdam. 1915-30. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 460.iv/vi. 14 25/32 x 10 5/16 (sheet 13 1/8 x 18 1/8). Edition 60. Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly 11 (1924): 53. A rich, tonal impression printed on pale cream watermarked laid paper. Signed in pencil. $1,250.
Tantallon. 1932. Drypoint. R 499.iii. 8 1/16 x 15 7/8. Edition about 80. Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1932. $650.
Thermae of Caracalla. 1923. Etching. Rinder 470.iii. 10 3/4 x 16 7/8. Edition about 70. Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly (1924): 67. Signed in pencil. A glowing impression printed cream laid paper.Signed in pencil. $850.
The Turkish Fort. 1909. Etching and drypoint. R 409. 5 1/2 x 10 3/8. The fort is on the Mokaltam Hills, near Cairo. $275.
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. Signed and titled in pencil. Exhibited: Painter-Etchers, 1893. A fine impression of this extremely rare early image. $950.
Additional Fine Prints:
Arran Peaks. 1912. Drypoint with a slight basis of etching. Rinder 436. 9 3/4 x 13 3/4. Edition about 50. Exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1912. Signed in pencil
Laleham. 1901. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 313.iii. 7 11/16 x 12 (sheet 9 1/8 x 13 1/4). A rich impression printed on fibrous laid paper. Exhibited: Painater-Etchers, 1902. Signed in pencil.
Thermae of Caracalla. 1923. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 470. 10 13/16 x 16 15/16/. Edition about 70. Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly 24 (1924): 67. This is Cameron's largest plate. The oil painting of the subject is in the Preston Art Gallery. .
Pluscarden. 1906. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 380. 7 3/4 x 4 3/4. A glowing proof printed on blue/green laid paper. Exhibited: Society of Twelve, 1906. The Priory of Pluscarden wasfounded by Alexander II in 1230, and dedicated to St. Andrew. Signed in pencil.
Still Waters. 1906. Drypoint. Rinder 381.iii/iv. 6 x 12 1/8. A stunning view of the RaylSigned in pencil.
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