H. W. Peckwell

Henry W. Peckwell (1854, New York, New York[1] – after 1914[2]) was an American artist. He was best known for his work as a wood engraver, for publications such as Scribner's Magazine and Harper's Magazine.

Personal

Peckwell was born and raised in New York City, where he also spent his career.

In 1905, he resided at The Alpine apartment building at Broadway and 32nd Street.[1]

He was an active member of the New York Athletic Club over the course of several decades.[3][4][5]

Career

“Sir Galahad” by George Frederic Watts, engraved by H. W. Peckwell

Wood Engraving

Peckwell's wood engravings were part of the "new school" of wood engraving in the last decades of the 19th century, and his work employed and advanced that school's innovatory and more subtle techniques.[6] The persistence of finely crafted hand-done wood engravings in the face of modern photoengraving was also noted in the 1897 Columbian Cyclopedia, which noted in its entry on "wood-engraving" that Peckwell was "among the most noted and skillful of the present school."[7]

He was also numbered among a group of "splendid engravers" by the "Brooklyn Museum Quarterly" in 1916.[8]

His engravings, usually after paintings by other artists, appeared not only in national magazines such as Scribner's and Harper's, but were also collected in primers such as The Children's Second Reader by Ellen M. Cyr.

Other Engraving

He also did engraving work on commission, for works such as bookplates.[9]

Art Instruction

In 1909, Peckwell was recorded as a tutor at the City College of New York with a salary of $1,300.00 which was then increased to $1,400.00.[10]

Awards

Exhibits

References

  1. 1 2 3 Levy, Florence N., ed., "American Art Annual, 1905-1906," v. 5, New York: American Art Annual, 1905, page 403.
  2. "New York A.C. Ticket: McAleenan For Captain, Other Officers Renominated," The New York Times, December 18, 1914.
  3. "The Winged Foot," New York: The New York Athletic Club, 1918, page 14.
  4. "A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Interests of the New York Athletic Club," New York: The New York Athletic Club, 1905, pages 15, 21, 26.
  5. Listings for "Peckwell +athletic" in the Archives of the New York Times.
  6. Weitenkampf, Frank, "American Graphic Art," New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1912, page 161.
  7. Columbian Cyclopedia, vol. 32, Buffalo, New York: Garretson, Cox & Company, 1897.
  8. "Brooklyn Museum Quarterly." New York: Institute of Arts & Sciences, 1916, page 59.
  9. Franks, Sir Augustus Wollaston. "Franks Bequest: Catalogue of British and American Book Plates Bequeathed To the Trustees Of the British Museum," vol 2. London: William Clowe, 1904, page 344.
  10. "Proceedings Of the Board Of Trustees Of the College Of the City Of New York." New York: W.P. Mitchell & Sons, 1909, page 153.
  11. "Catalogue of the Exhibition of Fine Arts," Buffalo, New York, 1901, page 62.
  12. "An Exhibition Of American Wood Engraving." New York: The American Institute Of Graphic Arts, 1915, catalogue entries 212 and 306.

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