Ariadne florentina. Six lectures on wood and metal engraving (1904)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York : Longmans · leaf 138
definite work of the human hand. In drawingwith pen upon paper, the surface of the paperis slightly rough ; necessarily, two points touchit instead of one, and the liquid flows fromthem more or less irregularly, whatever thedraughtsmans skill. But you cut a metallicsurface with one edge only ; the… … IV. THE TFXHNICS OF METAL ENGRAVING. lOQ may be produced which no penmanship couldrival, most people, I fancy, think that a steelplate half engraves itself; that the workmanhas no trouble with it, compared to that of apen draughtsman. To test your feeling in this matter accurately,here is a…
Engraving · Wood-engraving
Internet Archive · California Digital Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
