#engravers

[lurkingleighbee]

Now what I am wondering about is how Revolver Ocelot would react to Zeno's over the top and yet very lethal pistol. Obvious jokes about tactical engravings giving him no advantage whatsoever aside, the barrel is insane! So would Revolver Ocelot approve or call Zeno a blasphemer?

[uwmspeccoll]

Staff Pick of the Week

I was searching for a book in our stacks when I came across this slim, 18th-century play, Cleopatra, by the southern Italian playwright Scipione Cigala, "de'principi di Tiriolo," printed in Naples by Stamparia Gennaro e Vincenzo Muzio in 1736. I don't believe I have seen this book before, and I gather that the publication is relatively obscure, as I could find little on the printer or the author, except that the printer produced a few other obscure publications and that Cigala was born in 1704, published at least two plays, was a knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, and was a member of the literary Accademia dell'Arcadia under the name of Demalgo Dinosteniese (which also appears on the title page).

I was far more interested, however, in the charming etchings and engraved historiated initials with their animals and putti. We know a little bit more about these. The frontispiece of Cleopatra and the Asp and the portrait of the author after a painting by Italian painter Tommaso Martini (1688–1755) were engraved by the Italian artist Antonio Baldi (c.1692–1768). We don't know who did the lovely copperplate initials, but the headpieces were engraved by Francesco Sesoni (b. 1705), and the etching on the title page is by Andreas Maillar.

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-- MAX, Head, Special Collections

[mushtattoo]

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[thefugitivesaint]

Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), 'Judith with the Head of Holofernes', 1585 Source

[careful-disorder]

“We cannot tell with what lines the engraver should make out the light leaves of the willow, or the stiff foliage of the yew; the long grass of the meadow left unmown till autumn, or the clean cut lawn where not one blade rises higher than another.  These, and almost every other object, each engraver will represent after his own manner…” Wood Engravings - Rare Book & Manuscripts

[uwmarchives]

#Typography Tuesday: International Typographical Union Convention

These images are from a Milwaukee Memento of the Forty-sixth Annual Convention I.T.U. (Milwaukee Mss DZ). The convention was held from August 13 to 20 in 1900. The memento is wrapped in sturdy green paper with a brown tie and contains history, biographical information, a program of events, and advertisements.

Above we are showing the cover image of the publication, several advertisements for machinery and other printing services, and a group of portraits of members from Milwaukee Typographical Union No. 23.

Here are some highlights from the convention programme:

Monday Afternoon, August 13th: 2:30- Trolley Ride from Kirby House to the E.P. Allis Works, Pabst Brewery, and thence to Whitefish Bay, where a Whitefish Supper will be served and a highly entertaining time given, returning to the city at about 10:30 o’clock.

Tuesday Afternoon, Aug. 14th: 2:30- Grand Steamboat Ride on Lake Michigan. The boat will leave north of Grand Avenue Bridge promptly on time, returning about 6 o’clock.

Wednesday Evening, Aug. 15th: 7:30- Clam Bake and Fish Supper at Jones Island, by the Photo-Engravers, Electrotypers and Stereotypers.

The International Typographical Union was established in 1852 and dissolved in 1986.

See our other posts about the Milwaukee Typographical Union No. 23

See our other Typography Tuesday posts

[thetypehunter]

Cincinnati was alive with designers and engravers in the 1880s. Here are advertisements for three shops that provided a variety of visual services. #vintageadvertising #engravers #vintagedesign #cincinnati #typehunter #typehunting #thetypehunterco

[starpointestudio]

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Getting pumped for the #engravers #smackdown @sgcinternational ! Vote #woodengraving at my demo for one these gems! #lasvegas #sgci2018 #printmaking #letterpress #bear #boxwood