Ariadne florentina; six lectures on wood and metal engraving, with appendix; given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas term, 1872. (1892)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908, author of introduction, etc · New York : Charles E. Merrill & Co. · leaf 142
thedefinite 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 ;… … IV. THE TECHNICS OF METAL ENGRAVING. IOQ 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
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