The history of engraving from its inception to the time of Thomas Bewick (1908)
Austin, Stanley · New York : Scribner ; London : Laurie · leaf 205
ion—though he could be bold—and for rapidityin execution, and moreover, for his unusualanatomical knowledge, which enabled himto stamp the works created by his geniuswith the impress of truth. He was at oncea painter, etcher and engraver, equally athome with the brush, the pencil, and theburin; but… … FRANCESCO BARTOLOZZI. A GREAT EXPONENT OF STIPPLE accident of his birth, for his father was agoldsmith in Florence, and the gravingtools used in decorative work for metalvessels must have been familiar to the boyfrom infancy. Perhaps he watched sometyro in the art in which he afterwards sogreatly…
Engraving and Engravings
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