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Methods > Techniques > Visual Arts Techniques > Copperplate engraving

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777Copperplate engraving  

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Scope note

  • Technique for making prints from an etched printing plate, which is a metal plate on which a design is made by coating the plate with an acid-resistant substance, creating a design in the coating, and then exposing the plate to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed.

Source

  • The J. Paul Getty Trust 2015

Contributor

  • Iakovidou Athena (AA)

Creator

  • Xiropaidis Georgios (ASFA)

Notation

  • 777

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