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

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

This was not simply an ordinary line engraving printed in relief rather than in the usual way; the management of the lights shows that it was planned as a white-line engraving.

From Why Bewick Succeeded A Note in the History of Wood Engraving by Kainen, Jacob

A line engraving on steel, oblong in form; dimensions 13/16 by 1-7/16 inches, color dark blue.

From History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America by Tiffany, John Kerr

Delicate art of design, or of selected truth, can only be presented to the general public by true line engraving.

From On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by Ruskin, John