Half-hour lectures on the history and practice of the fine and ornamental arts (1875)
Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890, Linton, W. J. (William James), 1812-1897, illustrator · New York : Scribner, Welford & Armstrong · leaf 185
arly interesting. But whether he raisedthe towers or not, it is certain he did not engrave on thewood, but only drew the design on the block. The sameis to be said of all the artists, early or late, except Bewick,who appear as illustrators of books or histories by meansof wood. The process is… … Albert Diirer. Medal struck at the Jubilee, 1828. cut the blocks that Diirer drew, and in the interminableseries of large pictures called the Triumphs of Maximilian,drawn by Hans Burgmair for that emperor, many of theengravers have put their initials on the blocks. The lifeof Diirer was full of…
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