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 435
It is evident, that, at thetime when the cut was engraved, the two professions were distinct: ■•we here perceive the Briefmaler employed, not in engraving cuts, butengaged in colouring certain figures by means of a stencil,—that is,a card or thin plate of metal, out of which the intended figure is… … large box in front are the saucers which contain his colours. Nearthe window, immediately to his right, is a pile of sheets which, fromthe figure of a man on horseback seen impressed upon them, appearto be already finished. The subject of the following cut, from the same work, is aFormschneidkr, or…
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