Practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it

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Portrait of William Harvey [1578 - 1657], surgeon

Sethus Calvisius [Kallwitz]. Line

The British gallery of contemporary portraits, being a series of engravings of the most eminent persons now living or lately deceased, in Great Britain and Ireland / from drawings accurately made from life, or from the most approved original pictures. Accompanied by short biographical notices.

Suppléments au Peintre-graveur de Adam Bartsch. T. 1, Peintres et dessinateurs néerlandais / récueillis et publiés par Rudolph Weigel.

Medicine and the artist : 137 great prints, selected with commentary / by Carl Zigrosser.

A history of engraving & etching from the 15th century to the year 1914 : being the 3d and fully rev. ed. of "A short history of engraving and etching" / by Arthur M. Hind.

A catalogue of engraved and etched English title-pages down to the death of William Faithorne, 1691 / compiled by Alfred Forbes Johnson.

The risen Christ shares supper with two men at Emmaus. Engraving.

A bird: a dipper. Coloured engraving.

A magpie from New Caledonia. Engraving by Bawtree after J. B. Audebert.

Pontius Pilate comes out to the people, asks what is the accusation against Christ, and tells the Jews to judge him by their own laws. Engraving after J. Stella.

Electricity: an electrometer attached to an electro-static generator. Engraving, 1769.

Bleaching: racks and cauldrons for drying bleached cloth. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1804.

Hippocrates. Line engraving.

Queen's College, Cambridge: from the river. Line engraving by Elizabeth Byrne, 1810, after R.B. Harraden.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats, including the paddle steamer "Diamond" heading downriver, in the foreground. Engraving by J. Watkins, 1843.

Richard Mead. Line engraving, 1755, after L. F. Roubiliac.

James Graham lecturing from a podium, to a crowd of ladies and gentlemen. Etching by J. Kay, 1785, after himself.

Muscles of the lower leg and foot. Engraving, 1686, after Gérard de Lairesse, 1685.

The Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury. Line engraving by Lester, 1810, after R. Dighton.

Surveying: a surveyor's level, disassembled (above) and assembled (below). Engraving by H. Mutlow, 1810.

Conrad Gesner. Line engraving, 1666.

The sea at Marseilles: fishermen near a jetty and a round tower. Engraving by J. Aliamet after C.J. Vernet.

Saint Thomas of Villanova performs a posthumous miracle: he cures a woman who was about to die. Engraving.

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Engraving and Engravings

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Images of Engraving and Engravings

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Works from the collections

The Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury. Line engraving by Lester, 1810, after R. Dighton.

Surveying: a surveyor's level, disassembled (above) and assembled (below). Engraving by H. Mutlow, 1810.

Conrad Gesner. Line engraving, 1666.

The sea at Marseilles: fishermen near a jetty and a round tower. Engraving by J. Aliamet after C.J. Vernet.

Saint Thomas of Villanova performs a posthumous miracle: he cures a woman who was about to die. Engraving.

Engraving and Engravings

Images from the collections

Images of Engraving and Engravings

Images about Engraving and Engravings

Works from the collections

The Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury. Line engraving by Lester, 1810, after R. Dighton.

Surveying: a surveyor's level, disassembled (above) and assembled (below). Engraving by H. Mutlow, 1810.

Conrad Gesner. Line engraving, 1666.

The sea at Marseilles: fishermen near a jetty and a round tower. Engraving by J. Aliamet after C.J. Vernet.

Saint Thomas of Villanova performs a posthumous miracle: he cures a woman who was about to die. Engraving.

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