Engraved on steel : the history of picture production using steel plates /
This study, which is illustrated with over 150 pictures, recounts the history of steel engraving from its beginnings in the decorative arts to its heyday with the rapid development of the print industry in the 19th century. Engraved on Steel focuses on engraving and engravers, exploring the use of s...
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Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt. :
Ashgate,
©1998.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The prehistory of steel engraving
- 2. The quest for the unforgeable document
- 3. Mezzotints on steel
- 4. British steel line engraving: books
- 5. British steel line engraving: prints, maps, book plates
- 6. Other intaglio prints on steel; paper, equipment
- 7. German steel engraving
- 8. French steel engraving
- 9. Steel engraving in other European countries
- 10. American steel engraving
- 11. Twentieth-century steel engraving.