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 664
rand steel, where they are cut into the metal; but in wood engxaving,where they are left in relief, it requires considerable time and attentionto execute them with delicacy and precision. In order to explain moreclearly the difficulty of executing cross-hatchings, let it be conceivedthat this cut… … in the arms, the neck, and other parts, by cutting the lines continuouslyas in engraving on copper, which puts black in by means of an incision,while in wood engraving a similar line takes it out. As the woodengraver, then, can only obtain white by cutting out the parts thatare to appear so in the…
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