A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical . published at Alnwick, representing a shepherd and dog on the brow of a hill, werethus improved by Clennell. t Mr. Jackson was in possession of the first proof of this pretty wood engraving, inscribedTwickenham, September 10, 1807, where Clennell was residing at the time. REVIVAL OF WOOD ENGEAVING. 523 Royal Academy ; and for this he received fifty guineas. The originaldrawing was made on paper, and Clennell gave Thurston fifteen poundsfor copying on the block the figures within the circle : the supporters, aHighland soldier and a fishe
A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical . published at Alnwick, representing a shepherd and dog on the brow of a hill, werethus improved by Clennell. t Mr. Jackson was in possession of the first proof of this pretty wood engraving, inscribedTwickenham, September 10, 1807, where Clennell was residing at the time. REVIVAL OF WOOD ENGEAVING. 523 Royal Academy ; and for this he received fifty guineas. The originaldrawing was made on paper, and Clennell gave Thurston fifteen poundsfor copying on the block the figures within the circle : the supporters, aHighland soldier and a fisherman, he copied himself The block onwhich he first began to engrave this cut consisted of several pieces ofbox veneered upon beech ; and after he had been employed upon it forabout two months, it one afternoon suddenly split when he was at , hearing it crack, immediately suspected the cause ; and onfinding it rent in such a manner that there was no chance of repairing it,he, in a passion that the labour already bestowed on it should be lost,. threw all the tea-things into the fire. In the course of a few dayshowever, he got a new block made, consisting of solid pieces of .boxfirmly screwed and cramped together ; and having paid Thurston fifteenpounds more for re-drawing the figures within the circle, and havingagain copied the supporters, he proceeded with renewed spirit to com-plete his work. For engraving this cut he received a hundred and fiftyguineas—he paying Thurston himself for the drawing on the block ; andthe Society for the Encouragement of Arts and Manufactures presentedhim with their gold medal. May 30, 1809. This cut is characteristic ofClennells stvle of engraving—the lines are in some places coarse, and in 52-4 REVIVAL OF WOOD ENGRAVING. others the execution is careless ; the more important parts are, however,engraved with great spirit; and the cut, as a whole, is bold and are freely introduced, not so much, perhaps, beca
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