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 501
ip he returned to his fathershouse at Cherry-burn, but still continued to work for Mr. Beilby. Aboutthis time he seems to have formed the resolution of applying himselfexclusively in future to wood engraving, and with this view to haveexecuted several cuts as specimens of his ability. In 1775 he… … \ fac-simile of this cut, which was first printed in an edition of GaysFables, published by T. Saint, Newcastle, 1779. Mr. Henry Bohn, thepublisher of the present edition, happening to be in possession of theoriginal cut, it is annexed on the opposite page. In 1776, when on a visit to some of his…
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