Weitenkampf, Frank, 1866-1962 · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 233
words, the engraver was called upon to exercise orig- 178 HOJV TO APPRECIATE PRINTS inal artistic ability and taste. This new method waslikewise a labor-saving one. Black lines, being inrelief, could be produced only by cutting a channel oneach side; and if they crossed each other, which hap-pened… … A WOOD ENGRAVING BY THOMAS BEWICK.This illustrates the process and effect of white line. in intaglio, that is, they were grooves cut into the woodas in copper engraving, and that was all there wasabout it. If the engraver desired to cross them, hedid so, just as you would cross-hatch with a pen…
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