A practical manual of wood engraving : with a brief account of the history of the art (1886)
Brown, William Norman · London : C. Lockwood and Co. · leaf 54
WOOD ENGRA VING. 40 are a number of angles which the engraver must carefully manage, the various lines being outlined with a fine graver or tinter underneath each line ; then, with a graver a size larger, clear- ing away a portion more of the wood, when the line will stand out sharp and clear ;… … divide the work into many small pieces, turn- ing the wood round on the sand-bag so as to get at the various parts easily, and thus facilitating the execution in every respect. When you have been quite round the block and cleared away all the remaining wood, take a proof, as directed previously,…
Wood-engraving
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