line engraving

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Such simple line engravings had become a staple.

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A mariner's card, set into the opening with a metal vernier scale, is in the usual form of the mariner's compass card of the 18th century; it is executed as a line engraving.

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Rembrandt was more directly associated with etching than with line engraving, but his influence was far from exclusive.

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His inclinations in early life turned to the stage; but his true path was line engraving.

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Dry-point, a method of engraving generally regarded as part of etching, but more closely allied to line engraving.

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