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 672
knowledge of his art, produced a pleasing effect bycomparatively simple means. The former cut displays more mechanicalskill; the latter more artistic feeling. The one contains much delicatework, but is deficient in spirit; the other, which has been produced withlittle more than half the labour, is… … is not thrown away, as in the sea-piece just mentioned: manual dexterityin the use of the graver is combined with the knowledge of an artist,.and the result is a wood engraving at once delicate in execution andspirited in its general effect. A volume might be filled with examples and comments on…
Wood-engraving
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