Art of Engraving: A Book of Instructions

The flintlock hammer on the preceding page is an elaborate and elegant embellishment of a rather plain John Cookson (signed) lockplate in the Victoria and Albert Museum, L ondon, and shows the engraver 's prerogati ve of designing and cutting something that catches his imagination ,

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From the beginning of 1irne there have been those indi\'iduals who have had an inclination 10 express themselves in some manner. A.