But long before that, he worked as a teenage apprentice at the studio of master engraver James Basire. Now, research from Oxford University’s Bodleian Libraries shows that the newly discovered ...

President Theodore Roosevelt was inspired by the artistic merit of ancient coins and sought to change the look of American coinage. In 1905 he asked famous sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to create ...

The process begins with an engraving, both of the portrait and of the fine line detail surrounding the bill. This beautiful art is painstakingly produced by a master engraver on steel plates.

The engraving for the printed portrait on the $20 note in the Frontiers series issued in 2012 was created by Jorge Peral, Vice-President of Design and Master Engraver at the Canadian Bank Note Company ...

Oxford University’s Bodleian Libraries has announced the discovery of lines, swirls, squiggles, and doodles worth getting excited about. They belong to William Blake and are believed to be the ...

From Venus to Yahweh to Ganesha, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston surveys depictions of divinity through the ages.

Rome experienced some of it greatest economic and cultural dynamism under Nero's rule, and yet he's called everything from a ...

What Is the 1951 Franklin Half Dollar Made Of? The 1951 Franklin half-dollar is made of 90% silver and 10% copper.

A very first signed and dated engraved plate, courtesy of the British Museum, is also featured Fortezza was one of the rare artisans of his time to sign his works with his full name - but rarer ...

2024 A woodcut workshop led by a Chinese master was held in Casablanca, Morocco last week to promote exchanges between the country's modern art with Chinese traditional engraving techniques.

Christopher Ward presents the new C1 Bel Canto Classic, featuring a series of enhancements and a laser engraved guilloché dial.