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 521
is art. He has here produced the mostperfect likeness of the bird that ever was engraved, and at the same timegiven to his subject an effect, by the skilful management of light andshade, which it is impossible to obtain by means of copper-plate engrav-ing. Bewick thoroughly understood the… … f ~--. Among the very best of Bewicks cuts, as a specimen of woodengraving, is, as we have ah-eady said, the Common Duck. The round,full form of the bird, is represented with the greatest fidelity ; theplumage in all its downy, smooth, and glossy variety,—on the sides, therump, the back, the wings,…
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