A trio of eighteenth century French engravers of portraits in miniature. Ficquet, Savart, Grateloup (1899)
Andrews, William Loring, 1837-1920 · New York [Dodd, Mead & Co.] · leaf 68
other styles of engraving we have passed in re-view. Colored prints may be obtained from a copper-plate engraving by applying with the finger, a brush,or a rag, inks of the desired tints to the differentparts of the plate (see page 4), but it becomes atedious and expensive operation when an… … Paul Sandby, Esq. , F. R. A.—Stipple engraving by Pollard. low. The difficulty in this process is to register theplates by means of points in the margin, so that theywill print with the extreme exactness required. Xylography—gravure en taille de bois.The elder sister of Chalcography. The art which…
Ficquet, Étienne, 1719-1794 · Savart, Pierre, b. 1737 · Grateloup, Jean Baptiste de, 1735-1817 · Engraving
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