Religious Emblems: Being a Series of Engravings on Wood (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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We cannot conclude this rapid sketch of the history of wood engraving without observing, that this long-neglected art has lately excited the attention of Mr. West, Mr. Flaxman, and Mr. Stothard and from the love which these gentlemen are known to possess for every thing genuine or elevated, we may expect to see it, by their exertions, revived in all its former splendour, and restored to its ancient and legitimate rank.

It will be observed, and possibly with some surprise, that in the foregoing account we have not hinted at the probability of any other material than wood having been used in the production of the engravings which have passed under our notice; we are not, however, ignorant that a doubt has arisen in the minds of some antiquaries upon this subject. Mr. Landseer, in the lectures which he delivered with so much eclat at the Royal Institution, gave it as his opinion, that type metal was formerly used instead of wood; that the lights were possibly corroded away, or that the tablet was cast from a prototype, or matrix, previously cut in intaglio.

This opinion is grounded, first, on the freedom and frequency of the cross-hatchings, which distinguish the works of the old masters from modern wood engraving; and, secondly, on the circumstance of none of the old wooden blocks being now discoverable, notwithstanding the most diligent enquiry'.

But with all our respect for the opinions of the ingenious lecturer.

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