Catalogue of the collection of pictures formed by John H. McFadden..
A 1917 Chiswick Press catalogue by art writer W. Roberts recording the collection of Philadelphia collector John H. McFadden, made for collectors and art dealers. Its plates are black-and-white halftone reproductions of British portrait paintings, mostly of women and men in 18th- and early 19th-century dress, set on plain white pages with generous margins. A designer could take from them the soft, smoky tonal range of Romney-era portraiture, with dark grounds, feathered edges and loose brushy backgrounds that suggest tonal layouts or moody photographic lighting.
