A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical (1881)
Chatto, William Andrew, 1799-1864, Jackson, John, 1801-1848, Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George), 1796-1884 · New York : J. W. Bouton · leaf 240
perpendicular lines in an engravingand the red colour of a soldiers coat. I believe that no person couldtell the colour of the draperies in Leonardo da Vincis Last Supper froman inspection of Eaphael Morghens engraving of it. When Mr. Landseersays that he will use the term colour in its ordinary… … In the second paragraph Mr. Landseer displays great inconsistencyin praising Mr. Gilpin for his definition of the word tint, which, whenapplied to engravings, is as objectionable as the term colour. Itappears that Mr. Gilpin may employ a conventional term with singularpropriety, while printsellers…
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