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

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

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

And, in sum, I know no cause more direct or fatal, in the destruction of the great schools of European art, than the perfectness of modern line engraving.

From Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving by Ruskin, John

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

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