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- AUSTRALIAN MARSUPIALS, 1894 Natural History Antique Print
AUSTRALIAN MARSUPIALS, 1894 Natural History Antique Print
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ANIMALS INCLUDE:
1.
FLYING SQUIRREL
2.
COMMON BRUSHTAILED POSSUM
3.
KOALA BEAR
4.
KANGAROO
5.
WOMBAT
6.
LONG NOSED BANDICOOT
7.
OPOSSU,
8.
TASMANIAN DEVIL
9.
KULTARR
10.
TASMANIAN TIGER
CONDITION: Wood Engraving. German Text. Latin Names. back to back engravings. As Scanned. Image is clear and sharp with beautiful depth and detail and in Good Condition. This beautiful print would look great matted and framed. An art supply store can provide you with a selection of frames for old art treasures.
Wood engraving is, simply, the craft, or technique, of engraving, using the medium of wood. This was the earliest type of engraving. The original method — which is more precisely termed wood cutting, since it used a knife rather than engraving tools — was developed around 1400. The outlines of the design to be engraved were put down on a side of smooth-grained wood, and, usually with a knife, the excess surface of the wood block (all but the lines) would be cut away, a process called blocking. This left a set of raised wooden lines on the face of the block. In order make a print of this engraving, thick ink was applied to the raised design. This is known as a relief. Finally, a sheet of paper (or other material) was pressed firmly against the wood in order to assure that all the lines printed. This method led directly to the development of the printing press, and the 1453 introduction of a press using movable type by Johann Gutenberg.
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