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
Other Word Forms
- photogravureist noun
Etymology
Origin of photogravure
Example Sentences
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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
The latter is a misty, highly atmospheric photogravure of the smoke of a ghostly steam train drifting across water.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2016
But the desolate content of the image wars with the rich, ravishing tones of the photogravure itself.
From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2011
Demy 8vo, photogravure portrait and illustrations, 7s. 6d.
From A Gamble with Life by Hocking, Silas K. (Silas Kitto)
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