A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical . r, he employed Mr. Thurston to make several designs, with theintention of publishing a similar work. After a few of them had beenengraved, he gave up the thought of proceeding further with the work,from a doubt of its success. Bewicks work was already in the market;and it was questionable if another of the same kind, appearing shortlyafter, would meet with a sale adequate to defray the expense. Thethree cuts in the opposite page were engraved by Mr. Branston for theproposed work. The two first are respectively illustrations of the fabl
A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical . r, he employed Mr. Thurston to make several designs, with theintention of publishing a similar work. After a few of them had beenengraved, he gave up the thought of proceeding further with the work,from a doubt of its success. Bewicks work was already in the market;and it was questionable if another of the same kind, appearing shortlyafter, would meet with a sale adequate to defray the expense. Thethree cuts in the opposite page were engraved by Mr. Branston for theproposed work. The two first are respectively illustrations of the fablesof Industry and Sloth, and of the Two Crabs ; the third was intended asa tail-piece. The cut of Industry and Sloth is certainly superior to thatof the same subject in Bewicks Fables; but that of the Two Crabs,though more delicately engraved, is not equal to the cut of the samesubject in Bewick. Mr. Branston also thought that Bewicks Birds were estimated toohighly; and he engraved two or three cuts to show that he could do the EEVIVAL OF WOOD INDUSTRY AND SLOTH.—Robert Bransion.
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