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
Absolutely, an immense disadvantage,—a woodcut never can be so beautiful or good a thing as a painting, or line engraving.
From Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving by Ruskin, John
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
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
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)
