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

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

Although, however, I do not now press further my cavils at the triumph of modern line engraving, I must assign to you, in few words, the reason of its recent decline.

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

The 18 woodcut tradition mimicked line engraving and was confined chiefly to tiny blocks wrought with the utmost delicacy.

From John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Kainen, Jacob

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