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

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

In short, the medium served the same purpose as copper plate line engraving, with the added virtue that it could be printed together with type in one impression.

From Why Bewick Succeeded A Note in the History of Wood Engraving by Kainen, Jacob

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

But while some of them have been excellent of their kind, the process is of limited resource, and the best works in this manner do not compare with the masterpieces of line engraving.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various