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The New York Etching Club held its annual exhibition in January at the National Academy of Design and published an accompanying catalogue illustrated with original etchings and including a preface by Dr. Seymour Haden.
The Philadelphia Etching Club’s first exhibition opened December 27, 1882, and remained open through February 3, 1883. The show featured over one thousand etchings, approximately one-third of which were by American artists. Seymour Haden delivered two lectures and the club published two versions of their catalogue for the show. The deluxe version of the catalogue included eight original etchings.
In the March 1883 exhibition of the London-based Society of Painter-Etchers, only Charles Adams Platt and Joseph Sabin of the New York Etching Club showed etchings.
The Boston Etching Club held its first official exhibition, which included some forty plates.
The regular meeting of the club was held at this date in the Secretary’s Studio having been postponed one week by the Executive Cttee
The meeting was called to order by the President at half past eight with Messers Chase, Church, Dielman, Eno, Farrer, Gifford, Nicoll, Sabin, & Wood present.
Action upon delinquent members was taken in accordance with Art II Sec 6. of the Constitution with the following result. – viz Messers Dielman, Eno, Sartain, Geo. H. Smillie, Jas. D. Smillie and Weir were excused.
Messers Abbey, Tiffany and Vanderhoof dropped from membership.[22]
Mr. Saml Colman transferred to Non-resident membership.
No further business being presented the meeting adjourned.
After adjournment an informal reception by the members was given to Mr. Hubert Herkomer of London.
J. C. Nicoll
Secty
Approved April 13th 51 West 10th St.
The Annual Meeting was held at this date with seven members present viz – Messers Baldwin, Church, Dielman, Farrer, Thos. Moran, Nicoll, & J. D. Smillie.
The minutes of the meeting held on Feby. 16th were read and approved.
The Treasurer’s report was read and approved.
The Salesmans report was read and approved.
The following officers were re-elected for the ensuing year viz –
Henry Farrer – President
J. C. Nicoll, Secretary & Treasurer.
Thos. Moran, F. S. Church, & F Dielman, Executive Cttee
The letter from Mr. J. Alden Weir notifying the Club that he would be absent for a year or
more, was read and his name accordingly transferred to the list of Non-Resident Members.[23]
The letter from Mr. W. J. Arkell was read inviting the members to send etchings to the exhibition of the Mt Mc Gregor Art Gallery.[24]
The Secretary was directed to thank Mr. Arkell and assure him of the co-operation of members of the Club.
The Secretary was directed to apply to the American Water Color Society for permission to exhibit in its Seventeenth Annual
Exhibition upon the same conditions as during the last two years.
The Executive Committee were directed to make arrangements for publishing an illustrated catalogue of the exhibition of 1884
similar to those previously issued by this Club.
The meeting adjourned without further action.
J. C. Nicoll
Secty.
Approved Dec 14/83
A meeting of the Executive Committee was held at this date in the Secretary’s studio. It was called to order at 4.30 P. M. by the President with Messers Farrer, Nicoll, Dielman and Church present.
The following persons were selected to make plates for the next catalogue viz – Messers Dielman, Farrer, Nimmo Moran, Peter Moran, Sabin, J. D. Smillie Colman, and Mc Cutcheon.[25]
In case any of these should fail to make plates, Messers Parrish, van Elten and Yale were chosen as substitutes, to be selected in the order here named.[26]
It was decided that the Club should contribute to the Exposition Internationale des Arts Graphique’ at Vienna 1883, and the Secretary was directed to notify members and make all necessary arrangements.
J. C. Nicoll
Secty.
The Regular Meeting was held at this date in the Secretary’s studio, at 8 P.M.
It was called to order by the President with ten members present viz – Messers Baldwin, Church, Farrer, thos. Moran, Nicoll, Sabin,
J. D. Smillie, Van Elten, Shirlaw, Wood.
The minutes of the last regular meeting were read and approved.
The Secretary gave an informal report of his action in regard to the exhibition of the Society of Graphic Arts at Vienna.[27]
Mesers Shirlaw and Sabin were elected as Hanging Committee for the ensuing year.
Mr. Geo H. Galt was appointed to act as salesman at the next annual exhibition.
The following nominations were made
Messers Walter Saterlee, by J. C. Nicoll, & A. Landau (14 John St) by Van Elten, for resident members, and Mr. I. M.
Gaugengigl of Boston, by Nicoll as Non-Resident Member.
The resignation of Mr. J. Alden Weir was read and accepted.
It was decided to place the printing of etchings in the next catalogue in the hands of Messers Kimmel & Voigt.
Mr. J. D. Smillie gave an account of the negotiations he had had in behalf of members of the Club who had exhibited with the London Society of Painter Etchers
After some discussion upon the exhibitions of that Society it was Resolved – that it is advisable for members of this Club to send etchings to the next exhibition of the Society of Painter-Etchers, London.
Mr. Smillie was chosen as a Committee to assist in carrying out this resolution.
The meeting adjourned without further action at ten P.M.
J. C. Nicoll
Secty.
Approved Feby 15
