Wood-Engraving: A Manual of Instruction

by W.J. Linton and Linton William James

Book Overview

William James Linton (1812-1897) was a wood-engraver, poet, prose writer and political activist, who first worked in London but emigrated to the United States in 1866. He began his wood-engraving apprenticeship at the age of sixteen under the well-known London engraver G. W. Bonner. Linton's mature work, championing the use of 'white lining' and favouring the use of horizontal engraved lines and creating tone by differing line thickness, continued...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108009085
• ISBN13: 9781108009089
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"