Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 172
rts. The bril-liant prints obtained by these means arenot satisfactory to those who combine arespect for unity with their other aestheticproclivities. The art of wood engraving may almostbe claimed as an English invention — aspractised in Italy and Germany it was adelicate mechanical process, at… … FIG. 280.—WOODCUT INITIALLETTER TO FOXEs MAR-TYRS. ART IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND of an art, the art of drawing. It was not until Thomas Bewick(born at Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1753) reversed the usual methodand started the system of the white line, that the woodcutterbecame an artist, working freely…
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