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Cynthia Daniel · 07-01-2001, 10:56 AM

I downloaded the zipped file of those pages. It was at the bottom of the above-mentioned page. The smudge is not on that copy. The zipped file consists of all the pages as a .gif, or graphical file, but possibly still readable when printed.

There's a lack of clarity and printing from the .gif files will add to that, being another generation away from the original. However, when I get a chance, I'll try scanning and OCRing the pages and let you know if I have success. In the meantime, I've loaded the zip file onto the server and you can access it here:

Sargent Notes

By the way, you'll need WinZip on your system to uncompress the zipped files and access them. If you don't have WinZip, a trial version is downloadable for free at www.winzip.com

What the paragraph says that has the smudge is:

"He then with a bit of charcoal placed the head with no more than a few careful lines over which he pressed a rag, so that it was a perfectly clean grayish colored canvas (which he preferred) faintly showing where the lines had been."

07-01-2001, 10:56 AM	#3
Cynthia Daniel SOG & FORUM OWNER Joined: Jun 2001 Location: Tampa Bay, FL Posts: 2,129	Copy without smudge I downloaded the zipped file of those pages. It was at the bottom of the above-mentioned page. The smudge is not on that copy. The zipped file consists of all the pages as a .gif, or graphical file, but possibly still readable when printed. There's a lack of clarity and printing from the .gif files will add to that, being another generation away from the original. However, when I get a chance, I'll try scanning and OCRing the pages and let you know if I have success. In the meantime, I've loaded the zip file onto the server and you can access it here: Sargent Notes By the way, you'll need WinZip on your system to uncompress the zipped files and access them. If you don't have WinZip, a trial version is downloadable for free at www.winzip.com What the paragraph says that has the smudge is: "He then with a bit of charcoal placed the head with no more than a few careful lines over which he pressed a rag, so that it was a perfectly clean grayish colored canvas (which he preferred) faintly showing where the lines had been." __________________ Cynthia Daniel, Owner of Forum & Stroke of Genius www.PortraitArtist.com Last edited by Cynthia Daniel; 07-01-2001 at 08:48 PM.