This ClipArt gallery offers 56 illustrations of both metal and
wood engravings. Engraving is an intaglio process in which
printmakers creates depressions in the plate in areas they want
to print. The entire plate is inked and then the ink is wiped
off the surface, leaving only the engraved areas inked. The
inked plate and a sheet of paper are run through a press with
high pressure, transferring the inked areas from the plate to
the paper. "Albrecht Dürer's House in Nürnberg. From the
engraving in Dibdin's 'Biographical Tour.'"… An engraving, The
Annunciation, where the angel Gabriel tells Mary she would
conceive the Son of God. "Antoine Macault Reading his
Translation of Diodorus Siculus to King Francis I. Designed by
Holbein.… An engraving from the block book, Apocalypsis Sancti
Johannis, one of the earliest block books. A tail-piece engraved
by Thomas Bewick from 'The Quadrupeds' shows a small boy
"pulling a colt's tail… The tenth page of Biblia Pauperum
(Paupers' Bible), a picture Bible. At the top and bot