. Book of the Royal blue . THE ( CALVERT Mansion. RIVERDALE MIL NEAR WASHINGTON. (SEE PAGE ll i. HALF-TONES IN NEWSPAPER WORK. I.\ WILLIAM I I I I I I I < iWI S, THE art of illustration in newspapers■*• makes rapid strides from year toyear. The first pictures used were crudeljengraven wood cuts, which were set upwith the type matter and printed directfrom the wood. This method was dis-continued many years ago, having servedits time, when the new method of print-ing from stereotyped rollers came invogue. of the plaster of Paris and preparing theplates has everything to do with perfectre
. Book of the Royal blue . THE ( CALVERT Mansion. RIVERDALE MIL NEAR WASHINGTON. (SEE PAGE ll i. HALF-TONES IN NEWSPAPER WORK. I.\ WILLIAM I I I I I I I < iWI S, THE art of illustration in newspapers■*• makes rapid strides from year toyear. The first pictures used were crudeljengraven wood cuts, which were set upwith the type matter and printed directfrom the wood. This method was dis-continued many years ago, having servedits time, when the new method of print-ing from stereotyped rollers came invogue. of the plaster of Paris and preparing theplates has everything to do with perfectresults. When this coating of chalkhas been placed on the plate, it is leftto dry and harden thoroughly. Theplates are then kept in a dry place thatthe chalk may become brittle. When anillustration is desired, the artist uses asharp pointed stylus in drawing tin-picture in the chalk, cutting throughthe coating to the steel plate. The. ILONti rHE SHENANDOAH NEAR HARPERS FERRY. As the wood engraving required muchtime in preparation, it was supersededby the chalk plate, and this method isstill pursued, especially where immedi-ate results are desired. The makingof a chalk plate illustration is inter-esting. The artist has prepared before-hand and read} for use, a number ofthin steel plates, whose surfaces areperfectly smooth and highly plates are covered with a thincoating of plaster of Paris to the depthof about 1-32 of an inch. The mixing drawing finished, the plate is then usedas a matrix in the usual method of stere-otyping, wherein the molten lead ispoured over the matrix, making a typein which the bas relief of the picture isformed. The process of stereotyping isvery quick, requiring only from five toseven minutes to complete a type readyfor use. There are many records of swift workdone in this manner. In one instance,an illustrating artist for a newspaperwas given a subject for illustration and HA
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