The fifth year's minutes of the New York Etching Club.
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1881 events
- The Society of Painter-Etchers’ first exhibition was held in London’s Hanover Gallery from March 14 through May 31, 1881. Members of the New York Etching Club exhibiting prints included Albert F. Bellows, Frederick S. Church, Samuel Colman, Henry Farrer, R. Swain Gifford, Mary Nimmo Moran, Peter Moran, Thomas Moran, James Craig Nicoll, Stephen Parrish, George H. Smillie, James D. Smillie, Charles A. Vanderhoof, and Kruseman van Elten. Future New York Etching Club members Otto Bacher, J. M. Falconer, T. C. Farrer, Ignatz M. Gaugengigl, James A. S. Monks, Joseph Pennell, and Charles A. Platt also exhibited prints.
- The following Americans were elected to membership in the Society of Painter-Etchers after the 1881 exhibition: A.F. Bellows, Frederick S. Church, Frank Duveneck, J.M. Falconer, Henry Farrer, R. Swain Gifford, Mary Nimmo Moran, Thomas Moran, Stephen Parrish, James D. Smillie, and Otto Bacher.
- The following Americans were elected to membership at a later date: Joseph Pennell (1882), Charles A. Platt (1882), Kruseman van Elten (1882), Theodore Wendel (1882), and Anna Lea Merritt (1887).
- At an exhibition of etchings held in Boston, Massachusetts, from April 11 to May 9, at the Museum of Fine Arts, curated by S. R. Koehler, several then and future members of the New York Etching Club showed prints. The list included Otto Bacher, A. F. Bellows, William Merritt Chase, Frederick. S. Church, Samuel Colman, J. M. Falconer, Henry Farrrer, Ignatz M. Gaugengigl, R. Swain Gifford, Charles H. Miller, Mary Nimmo Moran, Peter Moran, Thomas Moran, James Craig Nicoll, Stephen Parrish, Joseph Pennell, Charles A. Platt, Joseph F. Sabin, William Sartain, Alexander Schilling, James D. Smillie, J. H. Twachman, Kruseman van Elten, and Dr. Leroy M. Yale.
- Marianne (Griswold) Rensselaers wrote a highly influential review and criticism of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, contemporary etchings show that was published by
The Century Magazine .
- The Society of Scottish Etchers was founded in Scotland.
- In December, The Union League Club in New York City exhibited “Etchings&Drypoints by Foreign Painter Etchers,” including works by Seymour Haden and James McNeil Whistler.
Jan. 10th 1881
The regular monthly meeting was called at this date in Mr. R. Swain Gifford’s studio present - Messers Gifford, Chase, Deilman, Baldwin_Bellows Miller&Church-The minutes of last meeting were read and approved_Mr Miller moved&Mr Chase seconded, that the portion of Sec. 6 Article II of the Constitution which reads “or failing to contribute two original etchings to said meeting” be stricken out.
The following Gentlemen proposed at the meeting held May 10th were elected _ Wm Sartain, J. Alden Weir Thos.Moran, J. M. Falconer, and J. H. Twactman.
The name of Mrs Nimmo Moran was proposed for membership by Mr. F.S. Church seconded by Messers Miller
and Deilman.
A communication from Mr Farrer resigning the Secretaryship was read, and laid on the table.
