Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882 · New York : Hurd and Houghton ; Cambridge [Mass.] : Riverside Press · leaf 274
hese is subdivided. In thefirst we have copper-plate, aquafortis, mezzotint, aqua-tint, imitation of pencilling. In the second, engrav-ing on wood and upon several plates in chiaro scuroor cameo, whose development has produced coloredenarravinar. III. ENGRAVING ON COPPER. However important in the… … Engraving on copper is,par excellence, classic, thatwhich has rendered the mostservice in perpetuating theworks of the great mastersand which itself has pro-duced the most master-pieces.It is also called engraving with the burin, becauseit consists in cutting the copper with this steel in-strument…
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