Glow of The City | Martin Lewis | 1929 17th Century and writer who specialized in

and writer who specialized in depictions of the American Old West

creating a dreamlike vision that reflects Victorian fascination with the supernatural and fairy folklore

shifting the focus from blame toward a search for the man responsible

emotional impact and meticulous attention to historical detail

Glow of The City | Martin Lewis | 1929 17th Century and writer who specialized inGlow of the City (1929) by Martin Lewis is a masterful drypoint etching capturing the quiet poetry of urban life in 1920s New York. A solitary woman stands on a fire escape, her figure silhouetted against the softly illuminated skyline, where the Chanin Building glows in the evening haze. Lewis contrasts the intimacy of the tenement worldmarked by hanging laundry and telephone wireswith the distant glamour of the modern city, evoking themes of