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 500
attention appears to have been first directed to woodengraving in consequence of his master having been employed by thelate Dr. Charles Hutton, then a schoolmaster iu Newcastle, to engraveon wood the diagrams for his Treatise on Mensuration. The printing ofthis work was commenced in 1768, and was… … The above is a fac-simile of one of the earliest productions of Bewickin the art of wood engraving. The church is intended for that of St.Nicholas, Newcastle. Subsequently, and while he was still an apprentice, Bewick un-doubtedly endeavoured to improve himself in wood engraving ; buthis progress…
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