engraving

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More than 40,000 years ago, early humans were already engraving symbols onto tools, figurines, and other objects.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

The publishers – Cadell and Davies – paid 20 guineas for the new painting which they planned to use as an engraving in all future editions of Burns' books.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

Before all of that upheaval, Crane was a big company in North Adams, giving job security and economic stability to employees like John Collins, its 66-year-old head of engraving.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Later historians described this engraving and, despite having never seen the painting, catalogued its existence.

From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025

Over and over, Maria sank the sharp point of the wood-handled engraving tool, called a burin, into the polished metal, carving up tiny curls of shining copper.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman