Excerpt from Sir Seymour Haden Painter-Etcher<br><br>7wrong and false is wrong and false. To the superficial and unsympathetic observer an etch ing may appear a very simple and trifling thing, but in reality it is a most difficult thing to pro duce worthily. We have, alas, too many etch ings - such as they are - but the world has never had enough really fine ones. Master etchers of the first rank are and always have been very few indeed, and the master does not always rise to the height ofa masterpiece. The masterpiece in art must be perfect, and perfect from every point of view: it must embody a noble scheme 'nobly expressed, and above all it must be entirely original and entirely personal to the artist who creates it.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.