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Dry point   /draɪ pɔɪnt/   Listen
Dry point

noun
1.
A print produced by dry point engraving.
2.
A steel needle for engraving without acid on a bare copper plate.





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"Dry point" Quotes from Famous Books



... engravers of his country; he established a more important epoch in this art than any other master. He was indebted entirely to his own genius for the invention of a process which has thrown an indescribable charm over his plates. They are partly etched, frequently much assisted by the dry point, and occasionally, though rarely, finished with the graver; evincing the most extraordinary facility of hand, and displaying the most consummate knowledge of light and shadow. His free and playful point ...
— Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) • S. Spooner


Words linked to "Dry point" :   needle, engraving


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