No. XXXVI.
Joan of Arc’s House at Rouen, by the late
Samuel Prout.
Engraved on wood by Mr. J. D. Cooper, from a water-colour drawing by Samuel Prout.
The original drawing, made with a reed pen and flat washes of colour, was photographed on to the wood block, and the engraver interpreted the various tints into line. The method is interesting, and the tones obtained in line show the resources of the engraver’s art, an art rather carelessly set aside in these days.
This engraving is from Normandy Picturesque. (London: Sampson Low & Co.)
[21] In The Life and Works of Thomas Bewick, by D. C. Thomson; in The Portfolio, The Art Journal, The Magazine of Art, and in Good Words, Bewick’s merits as artist and engraver have been exhaustively discussed.