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 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

Here flourished a brilliant community of artists, craftsmen, dealers, and connoisseurs; woodcutting, etching, and line engraving were highly developed and the printing offices made extensive use of woodcuts for decoration and illustration.

From John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut 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

The second book which I named, Heyne's Virgil, shows, though unequally and insufficiently, what might be done by line engraving to give vital image of classical design, and symbol of classical thought.

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