A trio of eighteenth century French engravers of portraits in miniature. Ficquet, Savart, Grateloup (1899)
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ut throughthe varnish and leave the plate bare where the lineshave been traced. Acid is then poured on the plateand allowed to remain until it has bitten the partsexposed to its action to the requisite depth. Themordant usually employed in etching on copper isnitric acid—aq.ua fort is, but a… … Landscape with Willows.—Etching by Charles Jacques. Turner, we are told, used the prong of an old steelfork. A line engraving, it has been said with truth,personates the art in her full attire of ceremony andstate, while an etching shows art at her ease—art indeshabille, perhaps, but never a…
Ficquet, Étienne, 1719-1794 · Savart, Pierre, b. 1737 · Grateloup, Jean Baptiste de, 1735-1817 · Engraving
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