Sherman House, Clark and Randolph Streets, Erected in 1860-61, Chicago
published October 1926
Medium
Aquatint in brown, with hand-coloring, on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 39.1 × 54.6 cm (15 7/16 × 21 1/2 in.); Plate: 44.4 × 58.6 cm (17 1/2 × 23 1/8 in.); Sheet: 55.3 × 70.6 cm (21 13/16 × 27 13/16 in.)
Classification
aquatint
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
35726
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Raoul Varin · 1865–1943
**Raoul Varin (1865–1943) was a French engraver renowned for his meticulously detailed aquatint prints that reconstructed historical views of American cities, particularly Chicago and New York.** He exhibited at the Salon of French Artists and earned an honorable mention there in 1892. Varin specialized in signed, limited-edition aquatints, often enhanced with hand-coloring and etching, which he ...