ETCHING - Examples of Methods.

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Etching. No date, but originating as Plate III, 'On The Making of Etching' by Sir Frank Short, published 1888. Platemark size: 100 x 75mm - 4 x 3", plus borders. In generally good condition, though a little time-stained. Unexamined out of mount. 11 images of different techniques are shown as follows: 1. Etching lines bitten in different depths. 2. Etching lines burnished at lower corner. 3. Soft-ground etching. 4. Sandgrain. 5. Foul biting. 6. Aquatint. 7. Sulphertint. 8. Lines cut with a burin. 9. Roulette work. 10. Mezzotint. 11. Drypoint. Show more