photogravure
Americannoun
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any of various processes, based on photography, by which an intaglio engraving is formed on a metal plate, from which ink reproductions are made.
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the plate.
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a print made from it.
noun
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any of various methods in which an intaglio plate for printing is produced by the use of photography
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matter printed from such a plate
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He employed a wide range of materials in them — wood, bronze, steel, aluminum, brass, cardboard, paper, canvas, plastic, vellum, photogravure and wallboard.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
Each published set was accompanied by 20 large portfolios containing over 2,200 photogravure prints of the people, places and customs Curtis came to know.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2017
His responsibilities include preserving for posterity two dainty teacups and saucers that bear photogravure likenesses of little Albert Einstein and his sister, Maya, and which came from the family’s home.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2013
But the desolate content of the image wars with the rich, ravishing tones of the photogravure itself.
From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2011
The remarkable branching structure of the nebula is fairly well shown in the photogravure, though less distinctly than in the transparency from which it was made.
From Photographs of Nebul? and Clusters Made with the Crossley Reflector by Keeler, James Edward
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