Proofs and prints, engravings and etchings; how they are made, their grades, qualities and values, and how to select them
Christian Klackner's 1884 New York guide to engravings and etchings explains how prints are made, graded and valued, for collectors choosing prints to buy. The two pictures are loose pen-and-ink sketches, one of two figures in a rough landscape and one of a woman in a long gown titled 'Will They Consent?' after a drawing by Hamilton Hamilton, showing printed line work a designer could borrow for quick, unfussy illustration.
