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 305
280 WOOD ENGKAVING a young man,—from three blocks, without date ; and a fourth of theEmperor Maximilian on horseback, from two blocks, with the date1518. The best cuts of Burgmairs designing, though drawn with greatspirit and freedom, are decidedly inferior to the best of the wood-cutsdesigned by… … is also inferior to Durer, as well as in the art of giving effect to hissubjects by the skilful distribution of light and shade. The cuts in theWise King, nearly all of which are said to have been designed by him,are, for the most part, very inferior productions both with respect toengraving and…
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