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Griffin Rearing on Rocky Cliff

A detailed black and white copperplate engraving of a griffin rearing on a rocky cliff, featuring intricate hatching and cross-hatching techniques to define its eagle head, wings, and lion body.

A copperplate engraving of a griffin rearing on a cliff at noon, the eagle head in scalloped hatching, the lion body in curved strokes, the wings spread in ruled lines, black ink on cream paper, the light from above implied by the hatching, the plate filling the frame with no paper margin or border, flat and square-on. See more

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