Etching and other graphic arts : an illustrated treatise (1922)
Plowman, George Taylor, 1869-1932 · New York : Dodd, Mead and Co. · leaf 116
ep onesdo not. It is wise therefore to add dry-point only in the distant or the lighter partsof an etching. Much dry-point added to anetching decreases materially the number ofsatisfactory prints. The needle when heldupright throws up an equal burr on bothsides of the line. When held slanting… … MT. HOOD, OREGON A Dry Point by the Author OTHER GRAPHIC ARTS 67 proper, as the uncertainty of the biting withacid is avoided and the work can be easilyseen. The play of the needle on the plateis less free in this method than in etching,on account of the pressure required to cutinto the copper. To…
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