photogravure

[ foh-tuh-gruh-vyoor, -grey-vyer ]

noun

1. any of various processes, based on photography, by which an intaglio engraving is formed on a metal plate, from which ink reproductions are made.
2. the plate.
3. a print made from it.

photogravure

/ ˌfəʊtəʊɡrəˈvjʊə /

noun

1. any of various methods in which an intaglio plate for printing is produced by the use of photography
2. matter printed from such a plate

Other Words From

• photo·gra·vureist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of photogravure¹

First recorded in 1875–80; photo- + gravure

Word History and Origins

Origin of photogravure¹

C19: from photo- + French gravure engraving

Example Sentences

She made collages of the cutouts and turned them into photogravures, a printing process that smoothed the various clippings into one flat image.

From New York Times

“Foundling Warrior Quest” appears in the form of photogravures that she later made from those images in 2010.

From New York Times

The National Gallery of Art, though, wants visitors to use the other side of their brains, seeing Charles Le Morvan’s 1914 photogravures as not just maps of the Moon, but art.

From Washington Post

An English artist, Cornelia Parker, has revived Talbot’s photogravure process: a sheet of metal is covered in light-sensitive chemicals, then objects are laid directly onto it.

From Economist

For 30 years, beginning in 1906, Curtis traveled the United States, photographing portraits, landscapes and the daily lives of 80 Native American tribes, images that were collated in a 20-volume history and 723 photogravure prints.

From New York Times

Related Words

• etching
• illustration
• inscription
• lithograph
• woodcut