James McNeill Whistler was able to carve these remarkably expressive and detailed scenes of England in his lap, on a metal plate, as if it were a sketchbook. Then using a feather he encouraged acid to deepen those lines. Well you wouldn't expect him to slack off now would you? At the Freer Art Gallery's exhibition they even explained how Whistler had a penchant for fine Dutch paper, which had the rich color that gave the prints warmth and didn't have an outer coating that would interfere with the ink. Whistler was very influenced by Asian art during this time- hence the similarity to traditional woodblock prints.
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