CHAPTER IX.

THE PRACTICE OF WOOD ENGRAVING, 561-652.

Initial letter P, showing a wood engraver at work, with his lamp and globe, drawn by R. W. Buss 561 Diagram, showing a block warped 566 Cut showing the appearance of a plug-hole in the engraving, drawn by J. Jackson 570 Diagrams illustrative of the mode of repairing a block by plugging 570 Cut showing a plug re-engraved 571 Diagram showing the mode of pulling the string over the corner of the block 572 The shade for the eyes, and screen for the mouth and nose 574 Engraver’s lamp, glass, globe, and sand-bag 575 Graver 576 Diagram of gravers 576 Diagrams of tint-tools, &c. 577 Diagrams of gouges, chisels, &c. 578 Gravers 579 Cuts showing the manner of holding the graver 579, 580 Examples of tints 581, 582, 583, 584 Examples of curved lines and tints 585, 586 Cuts illustrative of the mode of cutting a white outline 588 Outline engraving previous to its being blocked out-- the monument to the memory of two children in Lichfield Cathedral by Sir F. Chantrey 589 The same subject finished 590 Outline engraving, after a design by Flaxman for a snuff-box for George IV. 590 Cut after a pen-and-ink sketch by Sir David Wilkie for his picture of the Rabbit on the Wall 591 Figures from a sketch by George Morland 592 Group from Sir David Wilkie’s Rent Day 593 Figure of a boy from Hogarth’s Noon, one of the engravings of his Four Parts of the Day 594 A Hog, after an etching by Rembrandt 595 Dray-horse, drawn by James Ward, R.A. 596 Jacob blessing the Children of Joseph, after Rembrandt 597 Two cuts-- View of a Road-side Inn-- showing the advantage of cutting the tint before the other parts of a subject are engraved 598 Head, from an etching by Rembrandt 599 Impression from a cast of part of the Death of Dentatus, engraved by W. Harvey 601 Christ and the Woman at the Well, from an etching by Rembrandt 602 The Flight into Egypt, from an etching by Rembrandt 605 Sea-piece, drawn by George Balmer 606 Sea-piece, moonlight, drawn by George Balmer 606 Landscape, evening, drawn by George Balmer 607 Impression from a cast of part of the Death of Dentatus, engraved by W. Harvey 609 View of Rouen Cathedral, drawn by William Prior 611 Map of England and Wales, with the part of the names engraved on wood, and part inserted in type 612 Group from Sir David Wilkie’s Village Festival 614 Natural _Vignette_, and an old ornamented capital from a manuscript of the thirteenth century 616 Specimens of ornamental capitals, chiefly taken from Shaw’s Alphabets 617 Impressions from a surface with the figures in relief-- subject, the Crown-piece of George IV. 618 Impressions from a surface with the figures in intaglio-- same subject 619 Shepherd’s Dog, drawn by W. Harvey 620 Egret, drawn by W. Harvey 621 Winter-piece, with an ass and her foal, drawn by J. Jackson 622 Salmon-Trout, with a view of Bywell-Lock, drawn by J. Jackson 623 Boy and Pony, drawn by J. Jackson 624 Heifer, drawn by W. Harvey 624 Descent from the Cross, after an etching by Rembrandt-- impression when the block is merely lowered previous to engraving the subject 626 Descent from the Cross-- impression from the finished cut 627 Copies of an ancient bust in the British Museum-- No. 1 printed from a wood-cut, and No. 2 from a cast 637 Block reduced from a Lithograph by the new Electro-printing Block process 639 Horse and Ass, drawn by J. Jackson-- improperly printed 641 Same subject, properly printed 642 Landscape, drawn by George Balmer-- improperly printed 644 Same subject, properly printed 644 Tail-piece, drawn by C. Jacques 652

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