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

It appeared as though line engraving could not keep pace with the ever-growing demand for pictures, and was therefore combined with stipple to facilitate production.

From Engraving for Illustration Historical and Practical Notes by Kirkbride, Joseph

In line etching, as in line engraving, the great masters purposely exhibit the line and do not hide it under too much shading.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

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

So much for the strength of the blast; its delicacy is illustrated by this beautiful example of line engraving, etched on glass by means of the Blast.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John