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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