line engraving
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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
His inclinations in early life turned to the stage; but his true path was line engraving.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Harper, Various (magazine)
The compass card, made from a line engraving, is identical in each of the three examples.
From Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers by Bedini, Silvio A.
It is like the picture, but it has also the individuality of the draughtsman, as in line engraving.
From The Art of Illustration 2nd ed. by Blackburn, Henry
This was not the only time Jackson translated a line engraving and added chiaroscuro modeling of his own.
From John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Kainen, Jacob
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
