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photogravure

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

photogravure

/ ˌfəʊtəʊɡrəˈvjʊə /

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

First recorded in 1875–80; photo- + gravure

C19: from photo- + French gravure engraving

All photogravure plate makers of the present time have more or less copied the process of Fox Talbot.

With a Frontispiece in Photogravure and 16 other Illustrations.

Illustrated with a series of portraits in etching and photogravure.

With photogravure frontispiece and sixty-five illustrations.

Illustrated with facsimile letters and photogravure frontispiece.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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