| 单词 | steel engraving |
| 例句 | It was a steel engraving of an oval building with rectangular windows, and a small tower in front. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Any form of decoration with a colonial theme, like steel engravings showing Adonis-like black slaves hauling cane. Notes on the Exotic 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z But you may find an excellent steel engraving of it, by Copley Fielding, full of accomplishment, elegance and taste, and published by the London Art Union. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z He disliked steel engravings, or any plan to cheapen or popularize art. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z There was a fine steel engraving, oak-framed and with some rusty spots, done in the Colossal style and representing the Handwriting on the Wall. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z "Dear Sir:— "I have examined with interest the steel engraving of President Lincoln published by you. Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln 2011-10-24T02:00:19.173Z The walls were hung with old prints and steel engravings suspended by woollen cords and tassels. The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z There is to be a steel engraving of Brother Rogers, and a wood cut of Christian College. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z "Yes, Ma," she replied wearily, as she threw a cup at the steel engraving of "The Return of the Mayflower" which hung on the kitchen wall. Of All Things 2011-10-09T02:00:26.957Z On the dull green walls were framed steel engravings of the ancestral home of the Allens in Dorsetshire and of that sturdy ancestor, in lace and peruke, whose rugged signature is on the Declaration. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z The sun had gone down, and the bare trees stood against the cloudless sky in delicate tracery, as in a steel engraving. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z The mighty grass slopes of the Rochers des Verreaux, of which the Cape au Moine is the principal summit, stood forth with the distinctness of a steel engraving, so clear was the air. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z But it wasn't exactly a young girl's room, and the gilt-framed steel engravings on the wall gave her no inspiration for study or work. Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' 2011-05-20T02:00:37.457Z The steel engraving herself sat there, as if to superintend, occasionally asking for the elucidation of a point. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Yes, up in the attic is a big portfolio of steel engravings. The Diamond Pin 2011-01-22T03:00:15.907Z Belinda looked up at the large steel engraving of the Pyramids, which filled most of the room's available wall space, and the smile expanded into a laugh. Concerning Belinda 2011-01-21T03:00:12.087Z The floor was covered by a well-worn but clean carpet, the walls held pictures of various sorts—crayon portraits, steel engravings, machine-made oil landscapes and a few water-colors in every style of frame imaginable. The Cottage of Delight A Novel The present edition is very handsome, the type is large and elegant, the paper is excellent, and the steel engravings are of exceeding grace. The Children of the World On one wall, by way of ornament, was a steel engraving of Daniel Webster. The Broken Gate A Novel She should have worn eternally a crinoline and a wreath of flowers; her soft gray-blue eyes, her little bowed mouth, her slim throat, should have been the subject of a perpetual steel engraving. Come Out of the Kitchen! A Romance There were steel engravings of this or that pillared Theatre Royal, stuck round with menus of long-digested suppers; and on the mantlepiece was a row of champagne corks whose glad explosions happened years ago. Carnival Illustrated with 12 steel engravings by the first artists. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time A wood engraving, it is not unjust to say, has become scarcely distinguishable from a steel engraving excepting by its inferiority.” The Art of Illustration 2nd ed. A number of suits hung in rows on one side and on the wall was a steel engraving showing Parisian Men's Fashions of a dozen years before. Command On the wall hung a steel engraving of Jeff Davis in a large oak frame. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro The Shakspeare is illustrated with steel engravings by Rogers, Heath, Finden, and Walker, from designs by Henry Warren, Edward Corbould, and other English artists who are favorably known to the public. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 Embellished with steel engravings and colored plates. 12mo., bound in morocco, full gilt. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time This work will be illustrated with steel engravings. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 In the dining-room is a handsomely carved mahogany sideboard, a family heirloom, containing china and silver which belonged to mother and grandmother, and here hang very old steel engravings of Washington and Lincoln. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years A steel engraving of a man presumably between thirty and forty years of age, coatless, shirt flaringly open at the neck, and a copyright notice identifying Walter Whitman with the publication, furnished the only clues. Walt Whitman Yesterday and Today On the walls were a number of steel engravings and etchings, and on the mantel rested a large photograph of a handsome, middle-aged lady. The Missing Tin Box or, The Stolen Railroad Bonds A gift book for all seasons, illustrated with fine steel engravings and illuminations. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time There we were, three Strattons together, and down in the dining-room were steel engravings to take us back two generations further, and we had all lived full lives, suffered, attempted, signified. The Passionate Friends The steel engravings cost $126 apiece and where women were unable or unwilling to pay for their own, she herself assumed the responsibility. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years She was using pen and ink, and trying to imitate the fine strokes of a steel engraving. The Eye of Dread It contains an admirable portrait of Byron, a view of Newstead Abbey, and also six fine steel engravings, executed with great beauty and finish. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 Another work which she frequently perused was Mrs. Ellet's "Women of the Revolution," in two volumes, containing steel engravings of stately dames in laced bodices and powdered hair. Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 The wall to the right was adorned with a steel engraving of a thoroughbred bull pup. The Web of the Golden Spider The fifty fine steel engravings and the prints made from them cost over $6,000. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Scarlett and Mr. Crewe alone sat in the reading-room, where the magazines from England lay in perfect order on little tables, and steel engravings, of which the Club was proud, hung upon the walls. The Tale of Timber Town Not only I, but all my assistants, have seen them thousands of times the same, and sometimes with all the clearness and sharpness of etchings or steel engravings. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story Illustrated with numerous fine steel engravings, embracing the principal female characters, landscape and historical subjects. The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry One reason for the popularity and usefulness of the various pictorial works was the peculiar ability of a wood or steel engraving to convey precise mechanical information, an advantage not possessed by modern halftone processes. Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt But in my room used to be an old steel engraving of a poet, a man walkin' 'round under some kind o' trees in blossom. Friendship Village There was nothing Oriental in that; rather, it was eminently Victorian, an affair of heavy furniture, steel engravings, and an array, on the sideboard, of what, I suppose, was old family plate. Ravensdene Court The furniture should be old-fashioned, and the pictures sporting and hunting prints and steel engravings. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men Printed on fine paper and illustrated with thirteen steel engravings and fifteen title pages, containing portraits of prominent American poets and facsimiles of their handwriting, made expressly for this book. 8vo. The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West It consists of ten handy volumes, illustrated by many steel engravings, and first appeared in 1831. Dr. Johnson and His Circle The old steel engraving of General Washington’s household hanging over the piano helped on a few moments more. Chicken Little Jane Dr. Hoffman had given Margaret a beautifully bound copy of Mrs. Hemans's poems, and the steel engraving in the front was handsome. A Little Girl of Long Ago Etchings, mezzotints, and steel engravings are still occasionally used in the illustration of fine books, and brief descriptions of how they are made will be of interest. The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing They expect too much.—The vivid descriptions, the steel engravings, have raised their anticipations too high; and they find that the reality is not equal to the efforts of the pen and pencil. Olla Podrida Thus, copies with "proofs before letters" of the steel engravings or etchings, sometimes command more than double the price of copies having only the ordinary plates. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries It caught the gold outline of the wall paper and lingered there—even the somber steel engravings reflected the light from the polished glass over them. Chicken Little Jane That of the latter included four steel engravings of her library. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting All started with chiaroscuro and moved to full color from a large number of wood blocks, although in 1836 Baxter began printing his transparent oil colors over a base of steel engraving reinforced with aquatint. John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut The wall against which they were ranged was done in varnished paper to represent oak panelling, and on it hung one or two steel engravings. The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story Between left end of bookcases and alcove at left rear, high up on wall, hangs a large painting or steel engraving of Abraham Lincoln. Theft A Play In Four Acts The attractive form in which the works are presented, the many fine steel engravings, and the excellent type make this still the only way for book lovers to approach Cowper. Immortal Memories The cheerlessness of the house had struck him and the somber room, decorated, if one calls it decoration, with faded steel engravings of Landseer hunting dogs guarding dead birds and rabbits, impressed him. The Tyranny of Weakness It contains two tales and several poems, and is illustrated with seven steel engravings. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 From a steel engraving framed in rosewood that hangs in my Uncle Wilkinson's parlour. The Peace Egg and Other tales His character was one which develops into grand proportions when you study it, but he was no mere steel engraving of copy-book perfection. Ethics in Service Sam was hanging a bulky steel engraving—"Windsor Castle with a View of Eton"—raising and lowering it patiently at Milly's orders. One Woman's Life They turned it into a "Signing of the Declaration," patterned after the old steel engraving. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi We advise you to place your steel engraving in the hands of a skilful picture-restorer. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII. No. 358, November 6, 1886. The severe, dark paper on the wall, the steel engravings that had hung for years untouched, were evidently as the bishop's wife, or as one belonging to a still earlier generation, had placed them. The Mayor of Warwick Their furniture had nothing shocking for him nor their steel engravings. Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc There are various accounts of how Finiguerra, who was a worker in niello in Florence, discovered by its means the art of steel engraving. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Jean had a fleeting vision of a certain steel engraving of the "Princes in the Tower" which had hung in her grandmother's house. The Tin Soldier Directly in front of Lucina, as she sat waiting, hanging over the mantel-shelf between the east windows, was a great steel engraving of the Declaration of Independence. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel Printed on fine paper and illustrated with thirteen steel engravings and fifteen title pages, containing portraits of prominent American poets and fac-similes of their handwriting, made expressly for this book. 8vo. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax One of the first sights that greeted Page, as he came into the office, was the angular and spectacled countenance of William Lloyd Garrison, gazing down from a steel engraving on the wall. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I To be had with or without plates; the publishers having supplied themselves with over fifty steel engravings, by the first artists. Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is It had a yellowish paper blotted with large blurred flowers of a reddish hue, a steel engraving of the "Derby Day" hung by the hat-stand, and the woodwork was of bright yellow graining. Secret Bread She opened the souvenir, and looked idly at the small, exquisitely fine steel engravings, the alliterative verses, the tales of sentiment beginning with long preambles couched in choicest English. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel His drawings which appeared as steel engravings, were not unfrequently weak, while his sketches on the wood and his lithographs were much more free and masterly. Lost Leaders "Entertainingly written, and crowded with steel engravings of a superior character, which combine to make it a very handsome volume." The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science Also, two steel engravings of portraits of seven foreign and eight American theological writers, and numerous wood engravings. Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is On the walls hung some rare steel engravings, including one of Fulton and his first steamboat. The Mansion of Mystery Being a Certain Case of Importance, Taken from the Note-book of Adam Adams, Investigator and Detective The steel engravings over the mantel-shelf and between the windows showed blue hazes of mildew. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel He was better pleased with a steel engraving of the coronation, and this he secured for a trifle. Bunker Bean It is also called copper plate and steel engraving. What Philately Teaches A Lecture Delivered before the Section on Philately of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, February 24, 1899 With Mr Brooke's paper is given a large steel engraving of the stone, but it is curiously inaccurate in many details. The Evolution of an English Town Kit regarded the framed steel engraving of Malcolm Douglas almost fondly. Kit of Greenacre Farm This quelled the matter for many years, but most of us have seen the celebrated steel engraving, where Henry Clay stands speaking on this question, and pouring oil on the troubled waters. Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War We should have walked into a dingy dining-room, with brown wallpaper and four steel engravings of bloodthirsty scenes from the Old Testament. The Princess Passes All at once he came upon the long article "Obstetrics," profusely illustrated with old-fashioned plates and steel engravings. Vandover and the Brute They are represented in a collection of steel engravings drawn after the fashion of eighty years ago, so as to bring out the strong points with great softening of unpleasant details. As We Are and As We May Be We have a beautiful steel engraving that immortalizes this visit, showing Washington's horse impatiently waiting at the door. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen She closed the ceremonious volume, and her eyes, lifting, rested for a gratifying moment on a framed steel engraving from the painting of Abraham De Peyster, Mayor of New York from 1691 to 1693. No. 13 Washington Square Some of them appeared like steel engravings, and testified to the skill and patience of the man who made them. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Their library had been in process of collection for the past half century and the pictures on the walls were oil paintings of steel engravings and genuine old-fashioned chromos, beyond price to-day. Vandover and the Brute After a steel engraving in the Governor's office, Springfield, Illinois. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896 Indeed, the mezzotint by reason of its warm, more sympathetic, and ductile medium has always seemed more colourful in his plates than the most laboriously executed steel engravings. Promenades of an Impressionist He produced the plates, and Thackeray the text, of "Landscape Painters of England, in a series of steel engravings, with short Notices." The Life of John Ruskin In his sitting-room there was a map of the Russian empire and one of Boston, and there were lithographs and steel engravings, exhibiting the good taste of the owner. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Against the wall was a large steel engraving of King George of England, and I could see the Union Jack displayed upon another wall…. Rescuing the Czar Two authentic Diaries arranged and translated They were closely written with a fine pen in a small, delicate hand, and the lines of ink, though faded, were like steel engraving. The "Goldfish" To expect a child of seven to appreciate a steel engraving, or a piece of classic music, or moral qualities in another person is to violate the law of readiness. How to Teach He tried to charge me two hundred seventy-five dollars for a steel engraving, and said I could keep the plate and have others made from it. Vandemark's Folly In the principal room there were portraits of many Russian notabilities, with lithographs and steel engravings from various parts of the world. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life James, Agnes Strickland, &c, and illustrated with ten beautiful steel engravings, executed in the first style of art. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island He and a classmate bought a volume of Byron with steel engravings in it. Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Bayard Taylor A Book for Young Americans The Professor's beautiful profile, like a fine steel engraving, thrown into high relief by the lamplight, seemed a part of it. Bambi Upon this you saw some of the finest steel engravings transferred, to be fixed by an after glazing - didn't you? Reprinted Pieces Mandy crossed the room to fetch the large Bible with its steel engravings. Polly of the Circus A new edition, complete in one volume, with a steel engraving. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island It was a steel engraving of the great Raffaelle, and the frame was tilted from the wall; at a touch a packet of cigarettes tumbled down from behind. Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman The mighty Washington has not been dead a hundred years, yet has already become—as R. G. Ingersoll informs us—"merely a steel engraving." Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 There were neither texts nor rubbish on the walls, but only a stirring version of Belshazzar's feast, a steel engraving in the early Victorian manner that had some satisfactory blacks. Ann Veronica, a modern love story On the wall, over the mantelpiece, hung a steel engraving of General Jackson at the battle of New Orleans, and, on the opposite wall, a framed fashion-plate from "Godey's Lady's Book." The House Behind the Cedars He had many volumes of old travels, with steel engravings, and Mrs. Carey quickly found two which described Palestine. Of Human Bondage A well-worn carpet was on the floor, two steel engravings hung against the wall, an extra chair or two stood near a large, plain, littered table. The Octopus : A story of California The decorations are two steel engravings in shiny black frames—the "Monarch of the Glen," and the "Stag at Bay." Dear Enemy "Anyhow, I'm going to keep the steel engraving an' the stone pug dog," declared the dentist, his fist clenching. McTeague The big house of those parts was Hodnington Hall, Georgian with early Victorian embellishments, as an atrocious steel engraving attested. Traffics and Discoveries I can remember a red table cover, cane chairs, a crocheted cover over a tea-set, horrible steel engravings on the walls. The Bride of Dreams The neutral-tinted walls were bare, but for a couple of steel engravings in heavy wooden frames. The Brass Bowl Clare submitted the work to the publishers, great and small, but the best offer that he got depended on his providing in advance £100 for the necessary steel engravings. Poems Chiefly from Manuscript That steel engraving I bought in Sacramento one day when it was raining. McTeague One bookseller, indeed, offered to bring out the volume, but on condition that Clare was to advance one hundred pounds, to be spent in steel engravings and other 'embellishments.' The Life of John Clare Over my desk hangs such an old steel engraving, given to me by an old German lady who told me that her father had thought a great deal of it. Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812 The steel engravings still hung in the hall, and the ugly staircase had not been reformed. The Web of Life Copper or steel engravings are made from designs furnished either by the engraver or by some other designer. Business Correspondence She sat down in one of the rigid chairs under the steel engraving. McTeague The publishers let him know that he could expect no remuneration, the entire receipts being insufficient to pay the expenses, including the cost of the much-admired steel engravings. The Life of John Clare And I was ashamed enough as I looked Noah Webster's steel engraving in the face, to think I had misspoke myself, and called 'em gentlemen. Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician She herself was dressed in black, probably as she is represented in the well-known English steel engraving of her. True Story of My Life I have inserted in this volume a steel engraving of the Treasury building; the succeeding volumes will contain engravings of other important public buildings. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 2, part 1: James Monroe The few chairs were drawn up against the wall under the steel engraving of "Lorenzo de' Medici" with more than usual precision. McTeague Clare wrote an angry note in return, deeming it an insult that a man should ask him to spend a hundred pounds upon steel engravings, when he was in want of bread. The Life of John Clare The frontispiece, a steel engraving, showed a group of girls feeding some swans by the terraced margin of an ornamental water, and it bore the legend, "Feeding the Swans." Hilda Lessways Above it another picture was hung, a steel engraving. Ideala There was a well-bound history of the United States for forty-five cents, and a beautiful edition of Shakspere, with steel engravings, for the small price of one dollar. Richard Dare's Venture His steel engraving of "Lorenzo de' Medici and his Court" might be lost, his stone pug dog might go, but his concertina! McTeague The pieces, however, were well chosen; and were likewise tastefully printed, besides being illustrated with the inevitable steel engravings—pictures of Clare's cottage and of the, church at Northborough. The Life of John Clare Think of her believing in that jelly pulp, that steel engraving in a Family Bible! Fran In the spaces between the windows are two steel engravings, "The Death of Wolfe on the Plains of Abraham" and "Washington Crossing the Delaware!" Dr. Jonathan In the "front library," where Laura entered first, were steel engravings of the style of the seventies, "whatnots" crowded with shells, Chinese coins, lacquer boxes, and the inevitable sawfish bill. The Pit A cylinder of soft steel, pressed with great force against the hardened steel engraving, is now made to roll very slowly backward and forward over it, thus receiving the design, but in relief. On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures That some 'comforts' were theirs already, Professor Wilson judged from the elaborate steel engraving of Clare's dwelling, prefixed to the new volume. The Life of John Clare Another type was a woman, tall, beautiful, clear as a steel engraving, goddess-like, calm, clothed like the princesses of old, with eyes as coldly blue as the reflection of sunlight on a glacier. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million Then he picked up his paddle and took himself and his scruples and his hand-made paper and his sixty-three steel engravings down the river. Tish My mother then received from her earlier home certain volumes, among which was a gaudy gift-book of some kind, containing a few steel engravings of statues. Father and Son: a study of two temperaments The chairs were of mahogany, upholstered in worn black horsehair and there were two pairs of fly-blown steel engravings of the largest size on the wall. Okewood of the Secret Service A machine is contrived for the purpose, and we have a minute description of it, which is materially helped out by a steel engraving. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 In the old-fashioned natural histories of the 'thirties he might have figured in a steel engraving as a type of Homo Sapiens—an honour which at that time commonly fell to Lord Byron. Crome Yellow The tall stove, the green and oak ingrain carpet, the green rep chairs, the what-not with its shells, the steel engravings on the walls, seemed absolutely strange. Painted Windows In private I returned to examine my steel engravings of the statues, and I reflected that they were too beautiful to be so wicked as my Father thought they were. Father and Son: a study of two temperaments It was after he had grown fat and pursy that he landed on St. Helena and spent his last days on a barren rock, with his arms folded, posing for steel engravings. Cobb's Anatomy |
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