Related to the vintage gun thread earlier, I'm curious which style of engraving most people prefer, stylized vintage or modern realistic. Myself, I much prefer vintage engraving of fat little ducks with stubby wings, flying about as if by magic, rather than the ultra realistic work done today. Even more curious, I wonder if engravers of that period purposefully tried to make their work stylized, or if they thought it was realistic but just weren't very good at representation?

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