A Guide to the Historical Collection of Prints Exhibited in the Second Northern Gallery (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: British Museum Dept Of Print Drawings
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332974316
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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Excerpt from A Guide to the Historical Collection of Prints Exhibited in the Second Northern Gallery In wood-engraving the design to be reproduced is first carefully drawn on the block (in the early days of the art most commonly of pear, apple, or beech-wood, later almost universally of box). All the surface of the block in the interstices of the drawing is then cut or scooped away. So that only those parts intended to print black are left standing. The rougher part of the work is performed with the chisel and gouge; the finer chiefly with a triangular-pointed tool called the graver. Gravers are of various size and form, and in modern work another variety of cutting-tool, called the 'tint-tool, ' is largely used. When the work of engraving is completed, the block is inked, and impressions on paper are taken from it either by rubbing with the hand or by means of a printing-press. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.