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 520
at have practised the art. Our copy of his cut of the Partridge, though not equal tothe original, will perhaps to a certain extent serve to exemplify hispractice. Every line that is to be perceived in this bird is the bestthat could have been devised to express the engravers perfect idea of… … in this part been lowered. The texture of the skin of the legs, and themarks of the toes, are expressed with the greatest accuracy; and thevaried tints of the plumage of the rump, back, wings, and head, areindicated with no less fidelity.—Such a cut as this Bewick would executein less time than a…
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