The history of engraving from its inception to the time of Thomas Bewick (1908)
Austin, Stanley · New York : Scribner ; London : Laurie · leaf 177
r thus,The whilst his Iron did on th Anvil cool,With open mouth swallowing a Taylors news. Yet Houston must not be judged by alimited number of plates, but by his worksas a whole, and by the opinion that wasformed of it by competent critics during theage in which he lived. In this matter… … VALENTINE GREEN, EARLY BRITISH MEZZOTINTERS not so particular now ; probably the pressingneeds of daily journalism have removed apart of our natural sensitiveness ; but thefact remains that our best workers inmezzotint are dependent largely uponmodern critics for eulogy, if not for ap-preciation.…
Engraving and Engravings
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