A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical . are engraved by him; also Waltons Angler (Bohns Edition),Ministering Children.—Loudon, J. engraves for the Illustrated Times.—Smyth, F. G. Figure subjects; Illustrated News.—Swain, subjects; Lyra Germanica.—Wimperis, E. Merrie Days ofEngland.—Woods, H. N. Ornamental Borders and Vignettes; MooresLalla Rookh. THE PEACTICE OF WOOD ENGRAVING. 561 CHAPTEE IX. THE PRACTICE OF WOOD ENGRAVING. ERRONEOUS OPINIONS ABOUT CROSS-HATCHING THE CHOICE AND PREPARATION OP THE WOOD —MODE OF INSERTING A PLUG MAGNIFYING GLASSES AND ENGRAVERS
A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical . are engraved by him; also Waltons Angler (Bohns Edition),Ministering Children.—Loudon, J. engraves for the Illustrated Times.—Smyth, F. G. Figure subjects; Illustrated News.—Swain, subjects; Lyra Germanica.—Wimperis, E. Merrie Days ofEngland.—Woods, H. N. Ornamental Borders and Vignettes; MooresLalla Rookh. THE PEACTICE OF WOOD ENGRAVING. 561 CHAPTEE IX. THE PRACTICE OF WOOD ENGRAVING. ERRONEOUS OPINIONS ABOUT CROSS-HATCHING THE CHOICE AND PREPARATION OP THE WOOD —MODE OF INSERTING A PLUG MAGNIFYING GLASSES AND ENGRAVERS LAMP—DIFFERENT KINDS OF TOOLS—CUTTING TINTS—ENGRAVING IN OUTLINE—CUTS REPRESENTING COLOURAND TEXTURE—MAPS ENGRAVED ON WOOD—THE ADVANTAGES OF LOWERING A BLOCKPREVIOUS TO ENGRAVING THE SUBJECT—CHIARO-SCURO ENGRAVING ON WOOD, AND PRINTINGIN COLOURS FROM WOOD-BLOCKS—METALLIC BELIEF ENGRAVING, BY BLAKE, BEWICK,BRANSTON, AND LIZARS—MR. C. HANCOCKS PATENT—MR. WOONES PATENT—CASTS FROMWOOD-CUTS —PRINTING WOOD-COTS— EEHAPS no art exercised in this countryis less known to the public than that ofwood engraving ; and hence it arises thatmost persons who have incidentally or evenexpressly written on the subject have com-mitted so many mistakes respecting thepractice. It is from a want of practicalknowledge that we have had so many absurdspeculations respecting the manner in whichthe old wood engravers executed their cross-hatchings, and so many notions about vege-table putties and metallic relief in a Memoir of Bewick, printed in 183(5, we find the followingpassage, which certainly would not have appeared had the writer paidany attention to the numerous wood-cuts, containing cross-hatchings ofthe most delicate kind, published in England between 1820 and 1834:— The principal characteristic of the ancient masters is the crossing ofthe black lines, to produce or deepen the shade, commonly called cross-hatching. Whether this was
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