a technique of engraving in which all effects are produced by variations in the width and density of lines incised with a burin.
a metal plate so engraved.
a print or picture made from it.
the art or process of hand-engraving in intaglio and copper plate
a plate so engraved
a print taken from such a plate
First recorded in 1800–10
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He gave it last week to Thomas W. Nason of Reading, Mass. for a finicky line engraving of two hayricks, a barn, a dying oak tree.
From Time Magazine Archive
A line engraving on steel, oblong in form; dimensions 13/16 by 1-7/16 inches, color dark blue.
From History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America by Tiffany, John Kerr
But while some of them have been excellent of their kind, the process is of limited resource, and the best works in this manner do not compare with the masterpieces of line engraving.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
The decided influence of line engraving was probably the result of his association in 1731 with G. A. Faldoni in Venice.
From John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Kainen, Jacob
So much for the strength of the blast; its delicacy is illustrated by this beautiful example of line engraving, etched on glass by means of the Blast.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
With forty-six plates in line-engraving, mezzotint, photogravure, hyalography, and wood engraving London Macmillan and Co . . .
From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various
To my eye it explains Mr. Lincoln far more than the most elaborate line-engraving which has been produced.
From McClure's Magazine December, 1895 by Tarbell, Ida M.
Engraving, known variously under the name of copper-plate printing, engraving in taille-douce, and line-engraving, produces the finest stamps figuring in our collections.
From Peeps at Postage Stamps by Johnson, Stanley Currie
Dry-point, though generally regarded as a branch of etching, as it is so constantly used on the same plate as bitten work, is in reality more akin to line-engraving.
From Rembrandt, With a Complete List of His Etchings by Hind, Arthur Mayger
The formal style of art, the essence of line-engraving, reached its zenith in Albrecht Dürer.
From Rembrandt, With a Complete List of His Etchings by Hind, Arthur Mayger
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