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The masters and master-pieces of engraving (1894)

Chapin, Willis O · New York: Harper & Bros. · leaf 121

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olbein sym-pathized with the people, andcontributed to their pleasures and education, as well as servedthem by advancing the interests of the Reformation, with whichhe was in keen sympathy. If little has been said of the actual cutters or engravers ofthe wood blocks, a numerous body of workmen, it… … THE PLOUGHMANFrom Holbeins Dance of Death EARLY WOOD-ENGRAVERS 85 mechanical skill, however great, was understood by the artistswho furnished the designs and obtained the credit of the per-formances ; the names of but few of the actual engravers havereached us. There were two of these early…

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