Minehead
1879
Look at those incredibly precise lines capturing every single pebble on the beach! This 1879 print by Edwin Edwards depicts the coastal town of Minehead in Somerset, England, dominated by a massive, looming hill. Notice the text in the corners—'Gazette des Beaux-Arts' and 'Imp. Cadart, Paris'—which tells us this was published in a prestigious French art journal and printed by Alfred Cadart, a major champion of the 19th-century etching revival. Edwards was a close friend of James McNeill Whistler and helped bring this detailed, atmospheric style of printmaking back into fashion in Britain.