Pen drawing and pen draughtsmen, their work and their methods; a study of the art to-day, with technical suggestions (1894)
Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926 · London, New York, Macmillan and company · leaf 461
lettering, far more beautiful than any printed books. But the men who are held up to-day as masters of hook decoration were only too ready to sacrifice this beauty in order to make use of the invention of printing, and by it to save time and labour. The profession of the scribe was doomed from the…
Illustration of books · Illustrators · Pen drawing
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