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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 460

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of Correggio. It was unquestion-ably old, and was about three feet high by two and a half wide. WOOD ENGEAVING. 4.S0 were executed by Titian himself : In Venetia p. dominico dalle grechedepintore venetiano. m.dxlix. The following is a reduced copy of a cut designed by Titian, and saidto have been… … study. The subject is a caricature of the Laocoon; and the professedadmirers of antiquity, who, above all, insisted on correct drawing,and thought slightly of colouring, are represented by the old apewanting a tail, seen in the distance, attended by three of her youngones. The original cut is…

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