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  2. Copperplate map of London - Wikipedia

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    No copies of the printed map itself are known to have survived; but between 1962 and 1997 three of the original engraved copper printing-plates – from a probable total of 15 – were identified. Although only a fragmentary portion of the map is known, the three plates cover the greater part of the built-up heart of the City of London.

  3. Art and engraving on United States banknotes - Wikipedia

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    Art and engraving on United States banknotes. In early 18th century Colonial America, engravers began experimenting with copper plates as an alternative medium to wood. Applied to the production of paper currency, copper-plate engraving allowed for greater detail and production during printing. It was the transition to steel engraving that ...

  4. List of engravings by Albrecht Dürer - Wikipedia

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    Copper engraving: 316 × 225 mm: B61 The Penance of St John Chrysostom: 1494–1498: Copper engraving: 183 × 119 mm: B63 The Deformed Landser Sow: 1494–1498: Copper engraving: 118 × 126 mm: B95 The Prodigal Son: 1494–1498: Copper engraving: 247 × 191 mm: B28 The Small Fortune: 1495–1496: Copper engraving: 120 × 66 mm: B78 The Small ...

  5. Intaglio (printmaking) - Wikipedia

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    In intaglio printing, the lines to be printed are cut into a metal (e.g. copper) plate by means either of a cutting tool called a burin, held in the hand – in which case the process is called engraving; or through the corrosive action of acid – in which case the process is known as etching.

  6. Engraving - Wikipedia

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    Other terms often used for printed engravings are copper engraving, copper-plate engraving or line engraving. Steel engraving is the same technique, on steel or steel-faced plates, and was mostly used for banknotes, illustrations for books, magazines and reproductive prints, letterheads and similar uses from about 1790 to the early 20th century, when the technique became less popular, except ...

  7. André Jacob Roubo - Wikipedia

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    The original four-volume work consisted of 1316 pages in total and 383 copper engraved plates. Every plate was designed by Roubo and 181 of them are engraved by himself. [ 13 ] Sometimes colloquially referred to as "The Roubo", it is considered even today as the best guide for traditional joinery.

  8. Line engraving - Wikipedia

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    Line engraving. Line engraving is a term for engraved images printed on paper to be used as prints or illustrations. The term is mainly used in connection with 18th- or 19th-century commercial illustrations for magazines and books or reproductions of paintings. It is not a technical term in printmaking, and can cover a variety of techniques ...

  9. Transfer printing - Wikipedia

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    The plate printed glue onto the bat, which was then transferred to the piece, and powdered pigments were then added, which stuck to the glue. The technique was associated with the introduction of stippling rather than line engraving as the technique used on the copper plates. [4] The process was much more complicated, and little used after ...

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