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Dictionary definition: crayon manner
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crayon manner.
A printmaking technique, a variant of
etching
, used for the reproduction of red or brown chalk drawings. The technique evolved in the 1750s in France, where such drawings were highly popular at the time (
Boucher
and
Fragonard
were among the artists whose work was reproduced). Jean-Charles François (1717–69), a skilled and resourceful engraver, is generally credited as the inventor. Various multi-pointed tools were used on the etching
ground
, creating closely ...