Paintings by American artists : colonial portraits
A 1910 New York catalogue of American paintings issued by the Macbeth Gallery, a commercial dealer, and reproduced as halftone plates for collectors and the trade. The four plates shown are landscapes rather than the colonial portraits named in the title, rendered in soft tonal grey with hazy, dissolving edges. A designer might take from them the loose, atmospheric handling of trees, open fields and water that suits quiet, muted layouts.
