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
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 ● Mar. 15, 2017
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
Aquarelles are printed from photogravure plates, inked up locally in a variety of colors.
From Photogravure by Blaney, Henry R.
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