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 525
ware that the nakedness of a prominent part of his subject required tobe covered, and one of his apprentices was employed to blacken it overwith i\\k. In the next edition a plug was inserted in the block, and therepresentation of two bars of wood engraved upon it to hide the offensivepart. The cut,… … saying grace with closed eyes, while his cat avails herself of tlieopportunity of making free with his porridge. The Pieverend HenryCotes, vicar of Bedlington, happening to call on Bewick when he wasfinishing this cut, expressed his disapprobation of the subject, as havinga tendency to ridicule the…
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