The art of etching : a complete & fully illustrated description of etching, drypoint, soft-ground etching, acquatint & their allied arts, together with technical notes upon their own work by many of the leading etchers of the present time / by E.S. Lumsden.

Identifier:REF.PM.1820

Dimensions:376 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Copyright dates:1962

published in association with: Constable and Company Ltd., Seeley Service and Company

Library of Congress Subject Headings:Etching, Printmaking handbooks, Dry-point

Description:Book outlining the techniques and processes of etching to the beginner. "As this book is written professedly for the beginner first and foremost (although I hope that those more advanced may also find something of value in its pages) I intend to assume absolute ignorance on the part of the reader and to endeavor to describe as clearly as possible even the more elementary tools, contrivances and processes. "-- from introduction. Includes list of illustrations.