French portrait engraving of the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries (1910)
Thomas, Thomas Head, 1881- · London : Bell · leaf 225
. The best work of the later engravers of theLouis XV period was not that in which they were closest tothe manner of the Drevets, but in those plates in which theywere most independent of it. The simpler tones, the freerand more open lines, the use of etching beside the burinwork,—all the changes… … SCHMIDT 115 resorted to by careless workmen,—but proper and legitimatemethods, which made the engravers work more elastic,widened the scope of his art, and enabled him to make amuch more effective translation of his models. Now thatthe technique of the Drevets was no longer in sympathywith the…
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