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
Not only was it what she suspected, but it was a large-scale photogravure, of which fewer than 100 are known to have been printed.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2012
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 volumes in "The Children's Bookcase" are issued in three styles of binding: in paper boards, at 1s. 6d. net; cloth, 2s. 6d. net; and art cloth with photogravure panel, 3s. 6d. net.
From The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas by Mrs. Herbert Strang
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