Concise instructions in the art of retouching (1876)
Ourdan, J. P, author, Burrows and Colton, London · London : Marion & Co. · leaf 19
y free from grit. For general work HHH or HHHH will be found the most suitable grades, using a harder one for fine dotting and upon those parts which require but a light touch. Having procured your pencils proceed to sharpen them by cutting away the wood, leaving about one and a-quarter inch of the… … We now allude, of course, to the ordinary wood-cased pencils. In our own practice we much prefer using those known as ^A.rtists^Ever -^oin t e d Pencils.” These holders are made by different makers, the advantages in their use being that they are always the same length and are less expensive than…
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