His etchings were as successful as his water-colours. The series of the Upper Thames had a great vogue; his etchings were constantly hung at the Royal Academy, and he was awarded a Bronze Medal in Paris for his etching of Venice. — Hind 160
Bibliography
Hind, C. Lewis. "In Memoriam: Wilfrid Ball, Water-Colour Painter" The Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. Vol. 61 (Nos. 242-44, March-June 1917): 149-160. Internet Archive. [Full text in the Victorian Web.]
"Original Etching by Wilfrid Ball." Art Journal, 1891: 340. Internet Archive. Sponsored by the Kahle/Austin Foundation. Web. 17 September 2022.
Short, Frank. On the Making of Etchings. London: Robert Dunthorne, 1888. Internet Archive. Contributed by the Getty Research Institute. Web. 17 September 2022.
"Wilfrid Ball." Modern Etchers: Short Biographical Sketches of the Leading Etchers of the Present Day ("obtained from the subjects themselves"). Baltimore: David Bendann, 1891. 7-8. Google Books Free Ebook.
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