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 674
e shown, are treated in a careless manner.Many of their designs seem to have been made rather to test the patience THE PEACTICE OF WOOD ENGEAVING. 609 of the engraver as a workman than to display his ability as an artist.The following cut, from a cast of a part of the Death of Dentatus,… … while they would be less effective, would require nearly a week to engrave. Considering the number of wood engravings that are yearly executedin this country, it is rather surprising that there should hitherto have beenso few persons capable of making a good drawing on wood. Till within E R 610 THE…
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