Engravings

Also, there were copies of paintings and old wood engravings from the magazines of a generation and more before. ❋ Unknown (2010)

See more engravings from the same series at the always-wonderful BibliOdyssey. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I witnessed none of the hat-losing, horse-flipping spectacles seen in engravings on the walls of steakhouses. ❋ P. J. O'Rourke (2005)

RNE: Joe's suggestion that Blake might have gone on to create more wood engravings is perceptive. ❋ Unknown (2003)

"As _A Crown of Flowers_ is carefully printed upon fine paper, full value is given to the engravings, which is one of the features of the magazine from which they are selected, and shows what a marked advance has been made of recent years in the character of such illustrations, which will, in the present instance, vie with anything of the kind produced on this or the other side of the Atlantic." ❋ Various (N/A)

One of the engravings was a greyhound with an arrow through him, a crest of my grandmother's, whose maiden name was Noble. ❋ Trollope, Thomas A (1887)

Think then of the marvellous history of the Florentine lion, the subject of so many engravings, which is offered on the stall of every printseller to the eyes of the moved and astonished passers-by. ❋ Arago, Francois (1859)

"What is extraordinary at Diepkloof is that we have close to 300 pieces of such engravings, which is why we are speaking of a system of symbolic representation," Dr Texier said. ❋ Wasmall (2010)

Mr Shen claims that the "engravings" normally lasts between 45 to 75 minutes, and doctors had declared him free of any skin diseases or illnesses. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Because the specific trappings of the Amish—their equivalent of the niqab, the outward signifiers of separate cultural values—resemble the kind of engravings used to illustrate early American life in our 1950s textbooks: horses, buggies and bonnets. ❋ Unknown (2006)

It included a complete set of Bartolozzi's engravings which is said to have cost Sir Mark nearly five thousand pounds; his collection of portraits was considered to be one of the best in the kingdom; and Dibdin declared that his 'Faithornes and Hollars almost defied competition.' ❋ William Younger Fletcher (1871)

The only one even of the engravings, which is rightly done is the (_last_, I think, in ❋ John Ruskin (1859)

Reynolds '1829 Preface makes claims for "considerably augmented" engravings, "altered" type, and "materially improved" binding and gilding. 3 Printing improvements are difficult to see; however, C.H. Timperley credits The Keepsake's London printer Thomas Davison for a special ink process: "By improvements which he made in printing ink, (a secret which he had for a long time the exclusive possession) and other merits, he acquired great celebrity; and few indeed of his competitors, would approach the characters of what issued from his press." ❋ Unknown (2000)

Soldiers bargained for them with the Jews and hucksters who swarm at Versailles; officers thought of the adornment of their own houses; and such things as could be easily packed, such as engravings and oil-paintings, were in danger of being cut out of their frames and rolled up for home consumption. " ❋ Henry Labouchere (1871)

It included detailed engravings of Protestants disemboweling Catholics, mutilating priests, and knifing pregnant women. ❋ Russell Jacoby (2011)

America had no printers capable of making engravings as large as he wanted, so Audubon sailed to England with his pictures, some of which were ruined in the crossing. ❋ Willard Spiegelman (2011)

This striving for significance is articulated by Phoebe Richardson, a young graphic designer whose ceramics www.lefthandrighteye.bigcartel.com are inspired by 16th-century medical engravings and bones in London's Natural History Museum. ❋ Nicole Swengley (2011)

[Yo dude], I feel like [engraving] right now. (nobody will get it..see?!) "dude, that hurt [my feelings]", "go engrave, you pussy" ❋ Mikeneusch (2005)

Well, dear [my lover] in my dream, I'd love to engrave our names on a tree 🌳, and revisit that tree once a year on the same day. That day should be a special day that I haven't thought of yet. I don't know which day is special anymore since everything is [so broken]. 🦦 [March 30], 2022 ❋ Wanderlust® (2023)

[Yo dude], I feel like [engraving] right now. (nobody will get it..see?!) "dude, that hurt [my feelings]", "go engrave, you pussy" ❋ Mikeneusch (2005)

[Let it be known], I [got it] written [down on] my engravement. ❋ DropTone (2017)

"Dude, nice [zippo]. But it's all [scratched] up." "No man, that's just the sweet [pocket engraving]." ❋ NickFreakenRocks (2012)

On the first day of [Christmas], [my true love] came to me. A [laser engraver]. ❋ Thisismyurbandictionaryaccount (2019)

[Arnault] : I’m a real [human engraving] [adept] ! Here Arnault is in depression and suicidal ❋ Rimbault (2021)

Bringing your [video games] [to school] is an engraved invitation for [trouble]. ❋ Light Joker (2006)

[Shut up], or I'll do some engraving [on your face]! ❋ Throwbäck (2018)