“Walking around the back of the island an engraving on the wall of a building intrigued me.”

“Drypoint is a process of engraving in which line images are carved into a plate using a hard needle tool.”

“The decoration is ascribed to an anonymous engraver whose hand has been identified on approximately eighteen monteiths of the period.”

“He was a prolific copper engraver and etching artist of maps and town views.”

“It is similar to the technique of engraving, where a line is cut straight into the metal plate by the engraver.”

“It can take me from half an hour to four hours to complete one engravement, but I love doing it.”

“It was almost a foot long, made of ash wood with beautiful engravings of seagulls and sailor knots and braided ropes on it.”

“He instructed the marquise in drawing and sometimes retouched her engravings.”

“Fond of using wood as a medium, Frank began to gain recognition for his woodcuts and wood engravings.”

“Rubens sometimes used monochrome techniques in sketching compositions for engravers.”

“Such commissions were to become a lucrative money-spinner for die engravers in the 19th century.”

“He had a beautiful collection of essays and proofs, obtained largely from the designers and engravers with whom he was intimately acquainted.”