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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 661

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srs. Meux and Co., and the drawing was made on theblock by James Ward, E.A., one of the most distinguished animalpainters of the present time. Such a cut, though executed by simple Q Q 2 596 THE PKACTICE OF WOOD EXGKAVING. means, affords au excellent test of a learners skill and discrimination :the… … and skill. By attending to such distinctions at the commencement ofhis career, he Avill find less difficulty in representing objects by appro-priate texture when he shall have made greater progress, and will notbe entirely dependent on -a designer to lay in for him every line. Anengraver who…

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