Engraving (printing process)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: The intaglio process in which the design is incised into a printing plate, usually a flat copper plate, with the aid of a graver or burin that is held in the palm of the hand and pushed against the copper to cut lines comprising V-shaped grooves. The plate is then inked up, wiped so that ink is retained in the grooves and then forced out under the pressure of the printing process to create lines on the paper. The technique was first developed in the early 15th century in Germany, probably by goldsmiths who wished to keep records of the designs they had engraved on their wares. The process is distinct from "wood engraving (process)," which is a process for relief printing; "wood cut (process)" refers to engraving wood blocks for printing. Historically, "engraving" has sometimes been used incorrectly to refer to all printmaking processes, particularly any process employing printing plates. For the single step of incising an inscription or design into any surface, not only a printing plate, see "engraving (incising)."Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Alum Springs, Rockbridge, VA copperplate
Unprocessed Material — Folder 1
Identifier: ViU-2023-0167
Dates:
undated, c.mid-late 19th Century
Edward Hugh Boscawen letter
Item — Box BW 57: [Barcode: X032668454], Folder: 001
Identifier: MSS 16904
Content Description
This collection contains a letter from Edward Hugh Boscawen (1744-1774), eldest son of Admiral Edward Boscawen, to John Nichols (1745-1826), an English printer and author. Boscawen writes to the Nichols about a forthcoming edition of John Evelyn’s Sylva, the first of several to be edited by the Scottish physician, Alexander Hunter, then resident in York. Boscawen is soliciting Nichols’ help in finding qualified engravers to work on the plates for the volumes. He notes that he has tried...
Dates:
April 29, 1774
Charles B. J. F. de Saint-Memin portraits of St. George Tucker and Thomas Tudor Tucker
Unprocessed Material — Folder 1
Identifier: ViU-2017-0109
English and French Medical Caricatures, circa 1760-1835
Series — Box 7, MS-67, item: 9, 21-49
Scope and Contents
Caricature by definition is a representation in which the subject’s distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect. Nineteenth-century medicine provided caricaturists with a wealth of material. Artists humorously exaggerated medical conditions and physical characteristics. Bulbous noses, protruding stomachs, and hunched backs were some of the more common features drawn to extraordinary proportions. Bizarre treatments, massive doses...
Dates:
circa 1760-1835
Philadelphia lithograph
Collection — Flat_box Archival Oversized Box S 4, Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 1
Identifier: MSS 16631
Rockbridge Alum Springs, Virginia copper printing plate
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS-16961
Content Description
This collection contains a copper plate engraved with a scene from Rockbridge Alum Springs. The resort name is diplayed in script at the top of the plate. It shows the main pavilion of the Alum Spring resort, built to supply spring water and various visitors to the springs, including horse-drawn carriages, ladies with parasols, and men loading crates of "Alum water" onto wagons.
Dates:
undated, c.mid-late 19th Century
Charles B. J. F. de Saint-Memin, portraits of St. George Tucker and Thomas Tudor Tucker
Collection — Box BW 18, Folder: 1 [X030899266]
Identifier: MSS 16366
Scope and Contents
MSS 16366, Charles B. J. F. de Saint-Memin portraits of St. George Tucker and Thomas Tudor Tucker which are described as two circular portraits: egraved portrait of Thomas Tudor Tucker, and a salted paper print [photograph?] of an engraved portrait of St. George Tucker.
Dates:
1810