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If after a close study of all his productions with pencil and etching-needle, you ask yourself what constitutes his real life's-work, you will probably choose to ignore his book plates -- even those to the

The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann

But Onwhyn was better used to the etching-needle than the pencil, and his drawing on wood was hard and unsympathetic, and his figures were usually rather strained than funny.

The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann

Titian, whom he imitated; his style was scarcely to be differentiated from Guido's; his draughtsmanship was excellent, and his work with the graver and etching-needle highly esteemed.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

The mediums of oils and tempera are especially adapted to the requirements of those who see things rather as a diaper of shapes than as a map of lines; while for these last the point of pen, burin, or etching-needle offers the most congenial implement.

Albert Durer T. Sturge Moore 1907

We have the dash and the _chic_ with skates which Frenchmen show with the etching-needle, and the Canadian, on the other hand, is apt to decline into the mere prettiness which is the fault of English etchers.

Lost Leaders Andrew Lang 1878

Remember, also, that just as the blunt end of a bit of charcoal is many, many times larger than the point of an etching-needle, so are its resources for fine lines and minute dots and scratches just that much reduced.

Outdoor Sketching Four Talks Given before the Art Institute of Chicago; The Scammon Lectures, 1914 Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876

Elliston, "aided by an illustration from the etching-needle of George

A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Dutton Cook 1856