A descriptive catalogue of early prints in the British museum German and Flemish schools (1879)
British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings, Willshire, William Hughes 1816-1899 · London : Longmans · leaf 158
er contour lines and forms maybe scarcely followed out by the black or brown colour of impression,or only in a granular, grouty, or rotten manner. In some places,where several lines approximate or decussate—as, e.g. in the repre-sentation of the eyes, mouth, fingers, toes, and hair—the colourfrom… … 142 METAL CUTS. and clearness of definition. Further, the cutting of acute angles andcorners, and of the more delicate lines, may appear to have beencarelessly performed, and the versos of the prints may not in theseand some other spots exhibit such efiects of the indentation of therelief lines…
British Museum Dept. of Prints and Drawings · Prints, German · Prints, Flemish · Prints, Renaissance
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