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
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
Believe me, photography can do against line engraving just what Madame Tussaud's wax-work can do against sculpture.
From On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by Ruskin, John
All methods of relief plate photo-engraving come under two general heads: "Half-tone" and "line engraving," the latter being very generally known as "zinc etching."
From The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing by Hitchcock, Frederick H.
In 1761 he made a drawing of Salisbury Cathedral for Edward Eaton, “bookseller at Sarum,” for a line engraving dedicated by Eaton to the Lord Bishop of Winchester.
From John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Kainen, Jacob
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
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
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.
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
As a work of art, we repeat, this is beyond question the finest instance of line-engraving yet executed on this continent.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 by Various
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