White, Gleeson, 1851-1898 · London, Offices of the Studio · leaf 37
no less power in mak-ing anything they touched un-funny.Nor as art do their pictures interestyou any more than as anecdotes. Of course the cost of coloured en-gravings prohibited their lavish use.All were tinted by hand, sometimeswith the help of stencil plates, butmore often by brush. The… … ILLUSTRATION FROM AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND. BY ARTHUR HUGHES (STRAHAN. 1S69. NOW PUBLISHED BY BLACKIE AND SON) of lithography, and later of photographic processes,has killed the industry, and even the mostfanatical apostle of the old crafts cannot wishthe hand-painter back again. The…
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