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The workshop of an engraver, 1796

Fokke, Arend (Simonsz.) (redacteur)
Blussé en zoon, A. (uitgever/publisher)
year: 1796

type: prent
print
detail: nee
dimensions: 17 x 23 cm.
related terms: graveren burijnen
period: 18e eeuw
classification:
E: Boekillustratie

contents: This plate is from a manual on the art of engraving, where almost all the techniques are discussed that were known up to that time. In this print we see the workshop of an engraver in wood and all kinds of instruments: first of all a workbench (fig. 1) and furthermore all kinds of planes, knives, paring chisels, gouges, hammers, scrapers, burins, rulers, compasses, etc., seen from various sides.

origineel:
source: Fokke, Arend (Simonsz.). - Volledige beschrijving van alle konsten, ambachten, handwerken, fabrieken, trafieken, derzelver werkhuizen, gereedschappen, enz. Dertiende stuk. De graveur. / [door Arend Fokke, Simonsz.]. - Dordrecht: A. Blussé en zoon, 1796, pl. IV
available in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 3078 D 19

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