The history of engraving from its inception to the time of Thomas Bewick (1908)
Austin, Stanley · New York : Scribner ; London : Laurie · leaf 113
d than the great ones gone before found that it was easier ito obtain delicacy of execution on metal than it was on wood. The French School especially, which later on developed a passion for elaboration till it became a craze that actually obscured the subject, was the greatest sinner on this point… … MfW^ ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON.Benedetto Montagna. FRENCH AND ITALIAN SCHOOLS revival, in the later days of the eighteenthcentury. There are some masters who must notbe omitted before we come to the greatdiscovery of mezzotint, and these are ofthe French and Italian Schools. Some fewyears before…
Engraving and Engravings
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