The monument is a, tall granitic monolith with crossing longitudinal and latitudinal lines engraved on its upper surface and with a defaced inscription engraved on its west face that states:
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Its square foundation stone is carved with a double lotus pattern while the octagonal base has straight lines engraved along the length to represent the cosmos or to emulate pillars.
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The patterns of United Kingdom's first postage stamps ( known as the " line engraved " series ), including the Penny Black of 1840, were based on rose engine patterns.
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"In the past, traditional deterrents-- unique high-quality paper, fine-line engraving and intaglio printing-- restricted counterfeiting to dedicated craftsman " with access to expensive and sophisticated presses, the research council report said.
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Many of her engravings are in a classical tradition, but the engravings for " Tess " are more modern in style and content and make greater use of white line engraving.
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Scholars believe that a variety of engraving methods were employed and that line engraving was the " preferred medium " because it was " clear and hardwearing " and because it had a high reputation.
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So " A shimmering pale grey became for the first time a possibility in line engraving, and it is this that provides the most recognizable characteristic of steel beside the heavier and warmer mood of copper ".
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The stamps they produced were inferior in image quality to the line engraved stamps printed by the U . S . Post Office, but with what resources they had, they produced some handsome images by many accounts.
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A line engraving in Percier and Fontaine's 1801 book, " Collection of Interior Designs, " preserves their scheme for the room, which so pleased Napoleon that he let them design other palaces and residences over the next decade.
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When you're buying invitations, instead of getting expensive ones from a stationery store, try a mail-order catalog or online supplier that charges less ( and be honest, will it really matter if you don't get top-of-the-line engraved invitations ? ).
