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Definition of Line engraving
1. Noun. A print obtained from a line drawing.
2. Noun. Engraving consisting of a block that has been etched or engraved.
Definition of Line engraving
1. Noun. Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines of different width and closeness, cut with the burin upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so engraved. ¹
2. Noun. A picture produced by printing from such an engraving. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Line Engraving
Literary usage of Line engraving
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The art of line engraving has been practised from the earliest ages. ...
The important discovery which made line engraving one of the multiplying arts was ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"In line engraving it is the Hue itself which is hollowed, whereas in the woodcut,
... There was no difficulty about discovering the art of line engraving, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In line engraving it is the line itself which is hollowed, whereas in the woodcut,
... There was no difficulty about discovering the art of line engraving, ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"In line engraving it is the « itself which is hollowed, whereas in the woodcut,
... line engraving in Europe does not owe origin to the woodcut, ..."
5. The Graphic Arts: A Treatise on the Varieties of Drawing, Painting, and by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1891)
"LINE-ENGRAVING. THE expression ' Line-Engraving ' is used for engraving with the
burin, but this is one of those cases in which a comprehensive expression ..."
6. A Short History of Engraving & Etching, for the Use of Collectors and by Arthur Mayger Hind (1908)
"... in its character, and, to some extent, in its mixed constitution, to encroach
on the domain of line-engraving. On the other side there developed, ..."
7. How to Appreciate Prints by Frank Weitenkampf (1908)
"CHAPTER III line engraving To a great many persons, line engraving is synonymous
with steel engraving. Or rather, they know line engravings only as steel ..."
8. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1898)
"line engraving. 4°. EM.1734 From the Universal Magazine, vol. ... line engraving
by J. De Mare. With fac-simile autograph, dated Fort Loudon, Sept. ..."
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