Etching and other graphic arts : an illustrated treatise (1922)
Plowman, George Taylor, 1869-1932 · New York : Dodd, Mead and Co. · leaf 62
rkon the lines of the design; it is the woodthat is left untouched which prints. This isthe older method, but later an engraversburin was used as well as a knife. The oldestwoodcut is dated 1423. Block books weremade before the invention of movable type,both the illustrations and the letters… … By Courtesy of Goodspeeds Bookshop, Boston A WOOD ENGRAVING By TIMOTHY COLE OTHER GRAPHIC ARTS 39 as white lines on a black ground. ThomasBewick (1753-1828) introduced many newmethods into the art. In the old methodpear-wood was cut with the grain. He usedboxwood cut across the grain. Bewick wasthe…
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