"Under the Brooklyn Bridge, East River" by Charles F. W. Mielatz, Amer., (1864-1919) Slate Print One of a small cache

One of a small cache of inspired works on paper acquired a decade ago

mostly at the edges of the sheet

3-13/16 x 4-15/16

on smooth stiff cream wove paper

Andre Sauret

"Under the Brooklyn Bridge, East River" by Charles F. W. Mielatz, Amer., (1864-1919) Slate Print One of a small cacheEtching, 1892, published in a New York Etching Club Annual Catalogue likely 1890's, 5 x 6 7 8, on cream laid paper, signed in the plate. This small plate manages to convey the monumentality of the Brooklyn Bridge, enhanced by Mielatz's mastery of value in etching lines both bold and delicate with shades in between to convey distance and atmosphere. This print is not commonly seen, but then the artist was quite prolific. I'm surprised to still