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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 476

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own by the superior manner in which it istreated: he restores to the animals their proper forms, represents themacting their parts as described in the fable, and frequently introducesan incident or sketch of landscape which gives to the whole subjecta natural character. The following copy of the… … Between 1722 and 1724, Kirkall published by subscription twelvechiaro-scuros engraved by himself, chiefly after designs by old Italianmasters. In those chiaro-scuros the outlines and the darker parts ofthe figures are printed from copper-plates, and the sepia-coloured tintsafterwards impressed from…

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