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
A line engraving on steel, oblong in form; dimensions 13/16 by 1-7/16 inches, color dark blue.
From History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America by Tiffany, John Kerr
Absolutely, an immense disadvantage,—a woodcut never can be so beautiful or good a thing as a painting, or line engraving.
From Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving by Ruskin, John
I could not succeed in expressing the variation and chequering of color in marble, by real tints in the print; and have been content, therefore, to give them in line engraving.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), by Ruskin, John
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
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