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 253
portion of worthless cuts,which are neither interesting from their subjects nor their antiquity,and which throw no light on the progress of the art. There are alsonot a few modern antiques which are only illustrative of the credulityof the collector, who mistakes rudeness of execution for a certain… … however nothing more than an impression from a block engraved witha pen-knife by a printers apprentice between 1770 and 1780. It wasone of the numerous cuts of a similar kind belonging to the late Mr.George Angus of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, who used them as head-piecesto chap-books and broadside…
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