line engraving
noun
a technique of engraving in which all effects are produced by variations in the width and density of lines incised with a burin.
line engraver
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a word derived from
line engraving.
line-engraver
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a word derived from
line-engraving.
line engravingnouna technique of engraving in which all effects are produced by variations in the width and density of lines incised with a burin.
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GARNER, THOMAS, a distinguished line engraver, died in July, 1868.
From Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically by Thomas T. Harman
The London papers announce the death of Mr. B. P. Gibbon, the line engraver, deservedly celebrated for his many excellent engravings after the works of Sir Edwin Landseer.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Various (magazine) Harper
William Howison, A.R.S.A., a well-known line engraver, died in Edinburgh, on the 20th December.
From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 by Various
In addition, the roughness of early paper, which was serious for the woodcut, created no difficulties for the line engraver or for other workers in the intaglio or gravure media.
From Why Bewick Succeeded A Note in the History of Wood Engraving by Jacob Kainen
Still even the line-engraver has secret sources of entertainment to relieve the mortal 78 tedium of his task-work.
From The Intellectual Life by Philip Gilbert Hamerton
We must admire the knowledge, the intelligence, and the self-denial which the line-engraver devotes to the service of his art.
From A Treatise on Etching by Maxime Lalanne
In the labor of the line-engraver both these qualities are developed to the pitch of perfect 77 heroism.
From The Intellectual Life by Philip Gilbert Hamerton
The art reminds us of the patient labour of a line-engraver, who works for days at making out one little bit of minute stippling and cross-hatching.
From Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) by Sir Leslie Stephen
He was afterwards the best line-engraver of his time, and received the honour of knighthood from George III.
From Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems by W. E. (William Edmondstoune) Aytoun
