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 513
while the old drudge patiently bears his burden, and with hisright hand keeps a firm grip of the nether end of his better part. Thiscut is an excellent satire on those old men who marry young wives andbecome dotingly uxorious in the decline of life ; submitting to everyindignity to please their… … Mr. Solomon Hodgson, the printer of the first four editions of theQuadrupeds, had an interest in the work ; he died in 1800 ; and inconsequence of a misunderstanding between his widow and Bewick, the REVIVAL OF WOOD ENGRAVING. 489 latter had the subsequent editions printed at the office of Mr.…
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