Excerpt from Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne): A Memoir, Including a Selection From His Correspondence and Notes on His Principal Works

Line-engraving, however, did not find much favour with the future Phiz, the process being too tedious, for finden would probably occupy some weeks to produce a small plate, which by the quicker process of etching, could have been executed in as many hours. He accordingly suspended Operations in that quarter, and, in conjunction with a young kindred spirit, hired a small attic, and employed his time in the more fascinating pursuit of water colour drawing, which he continued to follow with remark able assiduity until a few days before his death.

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