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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 4 Collections and/or Records:

Alum Springs, Rockbridge, VA copperplate

 Unprocessed Material — Folder ViU2023-0167_001
Identifier: ViU-2023-0167
Dates: ubdated, c.mid-late 19th Century

Philadelphia lithograph

 Collection — Flat_box Archival Oversized Box S 4, Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 1
Identifier: MSS 16631

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