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
I shall not, however, give any elaborate illustrations of them here, because I could not do them justice on the scale of the page of this volume, or by means of line engraving.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), by Ruskin, John
In short, the medium served the same purpose as copper plate line engraving, with the added virtue that it could be printed together with type in one impression.
From Why Bewick Succeeded A Note in the History of Wood Engraving by Kainen, Jacob
The 18 woodcut tradition mimicked line engraving and was confined chiefly to tiny blocks wrought with the utmost delicacy.
From John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Kainen, Jacob
Rembrandt was more directly associated with etching than with line engraving, but his influence was far from exclusive.
From Engraving for Illustration Historical and Practical Notes by Kirkbride, Joseph
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