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
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
The compass card, made from a line engraving, is identical in each of the three examples.
From Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers by Bedini, Silvio A.
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
