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 649
generally introduced to represent clouds, as they notonly form a contrast with the straight lines of the sky, but from theirform suggest the idea of motion. It is necessary to observe, that if thealternate undulations in such lines be too much curved, the tint, 584- THE PRACTICE OF WOOD ENGEAVING.… … No. 8, pressure of the tool in forming the small curves of which each line iscomposed, thus making the black or raised line rather thicker in someparts than in others, and the white interstices wide or narrow in thesame proportion. The appearance of such a tint is precisely the samewhether cut by…
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