line engraving

noun

1. a technique of engraving in which all effects are produced by variations in the width and density of lines incised with a burin.
2. a metal plate so engraved.
3. a print or picture made from it.

line-engraving

noun

1. the art or process of hand-engraving in intaglio and copper plate
2. a plate so engraved
3. a print taken from such a plate

Derived Forms

• ˈline-enˌgraver, noun

Other Words From

• line engraver noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of line engraving¹

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

Line-engraving is now practically obsolete, while etching and mezzotint have recently come more and more to the front.

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As a work of art, we repeat, this is beyond question the finest instance of line-engraving yet executed on this continent.

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The label is a fine piece of line engraving, but we have been unable to ascertain the size of the sheets in which it was printed.

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Rembrandt was more directly associated with etching than with line engraving, but his influence was far from exclusive.

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In line etching, as in line engraving, the great masters purposely exhibit the line and do not hide it under too much shading.

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