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Sarah Green was a British aquatint etcher probably the daughter of, or closely related to engraver Benjamin Green (1736-1798). These two no doubt rare examples (copies are kept in the British Museum) are proof of her skills and copying work of French and Italian artists. Her works were published by and together with her father’s . Although she is hardly researched some clues were found in French artist lexicon “Bénezit”. In some occasions her topics are placed in Wales …… but actually depict French and Italian landscapes. Below are two examples of the original work by French artist Nicolas Perignon.

See: the short biography (pop-up mouse-clicking her name-title).

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Green, Sarah (17. . - 18..)

British (amateur) etcher-engraver. Mentioned as co-producer of a 1788/89 edition of 24 engravings (aquatint etchings in sépia) after Italian baroque painter Salvator Rosa (1615-1673) with Benjamin Green (Halesowen near Birmingham around 1736 - 1798) London): 16 plates engraved by his hand and 6 by her.

The British Museum collections preserve several of the prints from this edition.

She is also mentioned to have made copies (around 1799) after the original etchings by French etcher-engraver Alexis Nicolas Perignon “the elder” (Nancy 1726 - 1782 Paris). Perignon was a prolific engraver who’s prints were published in series and editions as folios (“Cahier”). He created numerous sketches on his travels to the countryside, to Amsterdam, Italy and Switzerland later turned into etched-engraved prints.

At least of one copy by Sarah Green it is known the image was simplified and mirrored and the depictions of people were left out of the original design.

4 of her prints, copies after Perignon, are kept in the British Museum. The original of one of Sarah’s copies is kept in New-York Metropolitan Museum of Art (house with people at a river front)

She could be the daughter of Benjamin Green she was however never specifically mentioned as such and could also be his cousin, the daughter of one of his two artist brothers Amos Green or John Green.

These 4 artists are hardly if at all mentioned in the Internet but “Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres etc..” mentions these 3 brothers and Sarah although her relationship to one of these men is not mentioned. Sara is mentioned “amateur aquafortiste”.

Benjamin Green is mentioned “engraver to King George III” and “drawing-master of Christ’s Hospital in Halesowen” (Birmingham). Besides landscapes he is also known for his portraits and copies after Stubbs and Joshua Reynolds.

He had two artist brothers:

Amos Green (Halesowen 1735 - 1807 York). His work is collected in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. He ris said to have retired as an artist in 1757.

John Green (Halesowen around 1727 - around 1757 Oxford)

Amberg, Hugo (Hamburg 11-10-1872 – 1943 Osnabrück)

Landscape painter, etcher and printmaker, mainly self-taught. Since 1919 teacher at the “Kunstgewerbeschule” in Hamburg. Married to painter and printmaker Ilse Koch (02-07-1869 - 1934), daughter of painter and graphic artist in Hamburg Rudolf Koch (1835-1885) and sister of Walter Koch (1875-1915), Hamburg painter and later poster designer in Switzerland. Amberg exhibited with the “Kunstverein in Hamburg” in 1910-1911.

Represented in the 1924 “Wohlgemuth & LissnerGrafikkatalog” with 4 woodblocks (two shown): “Heidehof”, “Este bei Cranz”, “Hühner” and “Gänse”. Priced 15, 20 and 25 Reichsmark.

Quote : “Da mir für farbige Holzschnitte beim Druck die Anwendung von Ölfarbem nicht gefiel, Aquarellfarben aber nicht genügende Kraft entwickelten, bildete ich mir nach langen Versuchen ein eigenes Druckverfahren mit tempera-artigen Farben heraus, das es möglisch macht, jedes Blatt in allen Farben gleich hintereinander fertig zu drucken, so liegt der Erfolg fest in meiner Hand”.

Hugo Amberg: Dresslers KHB. 1921 & 1930: Hamburg, Sechslingsporte 11. Ilse is not mentioned.

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