Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-15
ENGRAVING.
A Brief History q The taily Stages Of llus-
haiing.

Engraving datcr back almor, az FAR
as authentic history. There is mention
" engraving AZ early as Exodus Nxxy.
ln ihe Bible. aud ihis relates Co peril
Cd about iisi D. G.. This engraving was
the recording OF words aul Images On
stone, wuol and metal The period
whom engraved plates 0r blocks were
nut printed fivm ~ Involved Ia deep
uuHcurl, The Greeks are said by
lttrplutua 90 nave prepared maps uu
Uialllc plates 200 49, 60 Nhlgh might
have served Cor furnishing copies by
Impression, put DO ls not probable thcy
were used Tor that purpose. The Chl-
nose 900. said hy Ia Haldc 90 have
pfaptlcrd ibis atf lH carly az 1870 %. G..
aud some supp1.o .hat from them the
ara was tfauriTfrri 90 Europe. 10 o.
urst mentioned ls hAylug been praC-
UUod hy an italian hy the uame "
boo 1885, ana who probably received the
art from the NtrHilauH. 4 decree %
mlE.simcy 90 Venice of iiii has been
brought 90 light .u which u IL stated
lhil the art of painting cards had
fallen Into decay, fIr ihey were now
Imported. printed 900 cloth or paper
Playing cards were In use In 1915,
and No. order 90 produce thvm moro
rapidly ID a. probable engraved plates
were used from which 10 print them.
N thuf HHoWs probable that printing
from engraved plates came into active
ure 40 thJ fifteenth century. n became
70 fixed ave loo Germany. the artists be-
|ng known ne lirIefmulet and also az
FnrmHohnrdvr, lr figure cutters They
applied their orc t1 higher purposes.
cutting idrll figures un wood and other
surface ana using them fIr printing.
ono NJ the ouHHTi N the ongfnyinFH
bears date VI li.1 Hud IN " folio size.
u iT preserved RIO O. convent at HuN-
helm near Mrmm.Hron,
From these pltiy BEGINNINGS Il was
hut "a short ttun o. movable types.
Copper WINS early used FOR this work
4 German c0rrerplutr print ~ IN ok
.stcnor which hr1n date N 1901. and
u n likely this NHH the oldest Hpocl-
men. Na1nrl, however gives tho credit
Tor flint uflnr comp fur engraving To
F'nigucrta, % native ~ Florence. who
vnH goldsmith and engraved figures
Cor churches 1hlH form OF engraving
wns early hroueht to high state Of
Perfection hv che great nrtiata
Aqua tniu engraving u much adj
mlrti today because ~ IL similarity
o. water COLOR ur India INK drawing
~ O. ~ French ORIGIN ana dates from
1863. M.TETiIuil "r hllf-palutfd style
wa INTRODUCED Into England by Prince
nup. ri who may have Invented %. but
who probably learned % from an officer
named Luiv won slogan.
stool engraving may be- regarded AZ
an American process Invented hv Mr..
Jacob Pefrlns NJ awhuryport. Mac.
IN iNns th1urh fh metal had pre-
vluuHly boon uri iu Ting ard FOR this
purpose Mr. Perkins invention wac
ll thr limo OF bank note printing. and
was pursuHd with 70 view ~ preventing
tho Initiation Hf bank notes. His n-
Neuflnn wac approved hv the state Of
Mlssachus.f's M isos when II was az.
creed boy law that 40 banks should use
Mr. PerklrF'H pliigs IN the printing m
halr bank notes For nvrr hundred
years previous tn MS time. England
had been trying IN perfect hank notes.
ana ln 1915 offered such Inducements
thar Nr. Perkins won't 90 London with
thr intention % entering c1mnstftlon
flr furnishing design Tor Rank ~
ENGLAND notes. The superiority of His
plates vas no once urerelvrf hut nnt as
readily anknowlodvgl ana no failed IN
SECURE tho work Later he furnished
M Bank nj irelnrl WIN plates volun-
tnrUy agreeing mat n fhe plates Ner,
frrEpl Do would furnish q new design
ffer ~ cost ln 1851 there were half
q dozen principal firms making a husl-
NOS 0f hank note printing, and each NJ
these had many branch establishments
I'm 1858. however. ihHy were an com.
bIned into the American Bank EGio
company
Printing from plates made directly
from dlguorrFoiyres was develnped o.
n rra1f Oytrni hy George Mathl1t. VI
Inc United states Coast Survey, boz
tvaen mo yclu l,'n and 1885 Ito
ana not claim Oh hH mo Inventor. hut
ana more ihlu any other person 10 de-
veiop M The subject II treated IN de-
tall lp "The Report m tho ". 4 Colst
Survey f0r 1874" This was practically
the urlnFIn 0f ih' rhoin-engravIng MI
usage N preparing p'1tes "a print from
direct from ph0t'rrlrhs u was used
f1r printing maps N me work NJ the
coast survey and wla successfully
done.-I'he Advertising World.