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

Other Word Forms

• line-engraver noun
• line engraver noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of line-engraving¹

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

The bed was perfectly plain, with no curtains and but a head-board, a mattress, looking as hard as the ground, and a very singular portrait, over the head, of a gentleman, in line-engraving, which does not intellectualize the contour.

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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.

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See also the lists of works given under the separate headings for Line-engraving, Etching, Mezzotint and Wood-engraving.

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Of these four varieties of engraving—line-engraving, etching, mezzotint or wood-engraving—the woodcut is historically the earliest.

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

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