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My school and my gospel (1908)

Herkomer, Hubert von, Sir, 1849-1914 · London : A. Constable and company, limited · leaf 92

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mewith the cleverest of those students who worked in pencil.To me it was always a pleasure to find a student develop,and improve upon, methods that I had myself practised. For many years the engraver-pupils always consultedme on starting a plate. We then decided what tool shouldbe used for the… … MY SCHOOL AND MY GOSPEL texture made it possible to avoid monotony in passagesthat particularly required crispness, a quality usually mostdifficult to obtain in mezzotint, as its specific characteristicis softness. I fear I have just used technical terms that thegeneral public will be unable to…

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