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A short history of engraving [and] etching : for the use of collectors and students; with full bibliography, classified list and index of engravers (1908)

Hind, Arthur Mayger, 1880-1957 · London : A. Constable · leaf 208

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654 (B. 60, Fig. 66), where every elementof the scene, from the leaping dog to the cattle watering at thestream, lends a vividness to the whole. But it is seldom in thisperiod that the pure line is left to accomplish its own effect, being 1 Impressions from this resurrected state of the plate are… … Fig. 65.—Rembrandt. The Blind Fiddler. i8o THE MASTERS OF ETCHING generally wrapt in a mysterious covering of chiaroscuro, whichchanges with each impression. Rembrandt has come to realise thewonderful quality and li(]uid purity of the surface tones which canbe gained by leaving ink on the surface…

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