Description
Autograph Letter Signed, to Harry Furniss, the illustrator, discussing the use of an electro block process for the reproduction of drawings, explaining why a difficulty had arisen with his drawings. 2 pp. 7 x 4 inches, fine. 16 North Street, Westminster, 3 March 1889. Joseph Pennell (1857-1926), American artist and author. “This is not the fault of the process – as the little drawings are all right – but because you drew it for wood – cutting the shadows with lines over them will engrave but no process will render them truly.”