line engraving

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

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

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

It could, in fact, have black lines so fine and so closely spaced as to take on the character of line engraving.

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

Neither line engraving nor etching was suited to reproducing these spirited drawings, but the chiaroscuro woodcut could render their effects admirably.

From John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Kainen, Jacob