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 686
le portion of the lowered parts would not be visible. This cutillustrates the principle of printing from a surface—such as that of acoin—in which the head or figure is in relief In the next cut, an Egret, from a drawing by W. Harvey, thefigure of the bird appears white on a dark ground,—the reverse… … In a cut of this kind the general form of the principal objectrequired to be light is first lowered out, and the drawing of the figurebeing next completed upon the hollowed part, the engraver proceedsto cut the lines, beginning with the back-ground and finishing theprincipal object last. In cutting…
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