The history of engraving from its inception to the time of Thomas Bewick (1908)
Austin, Stanley · New York : Scribner ; London : Laurie · leaf 139
e of the engravers art, we find thatwe have a thorny path to traverse, sincedifficulties galore abound even as they didwhen we first started. It seems almostincredible that any mystery should surroundan art that is of comparatively recent origin,and yet mystification has sprung up aroundits… … FIRST KNOWN MEZZOTINT ENGRAVING. THE BIRTH OF MEZZOTINT gone out of their way to suggest that theinventor of the art was either Evelynor Sir Christopher Wren. In his Micro-graphia, dated 1667, Hooke says—He(Sir Christopher Wren) was the first in-ventor of the Art of graving in mezzo-tinto : which…
Engraving and Engravings
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