American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)
Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 502
ared, except in two exceptional cases, for a review ofthe rise and progress of the art, with such instances as I could select of the best and mostrepresentative character. I have endeavored to be fair in my judgments; and if sometimes Ihave omitted names or lost sight of works that ought to have… … At the outset I may glance at a report, not without show of probability, that Franklin cutthe ornaments for his Poor Richards Almanac in this way ; that is, on metal, in the manner ofa wood-cut, for surface printing. He may have done so. Blake the painter did such metalplates as well as wood-cuts.…
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