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photogravure

/ˌfəʊtə(ʊ)ɡrəˈvjʊə/

noun
- 1. an image produced from a photographic negative transferred to a metal plate and etched in.
- ▪ the production of photogravure images.
Word Origin late 19th century: from French, from photo- ‘relating to light’ + gravure ‘engraving’.
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Photogravure
Printmaking technique
Photogravure is a process for printing photographs, also sometimes used for reproductive intaglio printmaking. It is a photo-mechanical process whereby a copper plate is grained (adding a pattern to the plate) and then coated with a light-sensitive gelatin tissue which had been exposed to a film positive, and then etched, resulting in a high quality intaglio plate that can reproduce detailed conti... Wikipedia
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