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I don't quite understand what a hand-colored copper engraving is. Does that mean that the entire image is composed of a bunch of separate perfectly overlapping
by phobosanomaly 6y ago
I don't quite understand what a hand-colored copper engraving is. Does that mean that the entire image is composed of a bunch of separate perfectly overlapping hand-etched plates? How would you break up an image like that and line them up on separate copper plates by hand? The images seem too precise.
- yial 6y agoI believe it would be just one plate, that the colors would be painted onto individually. https://www.antiqueprints.com/Info/engraving.php https://www.antiqueprints.com/Info/engraving.php
- phobosanomaly 6y agoI don't think it could work that way. In printing with an engraved plate the ink is spread out over the engraving and then the surface of the plate is wiped with a rag. The printed image is a result of the ink that remained in the etched grooves without being wiped off. I don't see any way you could mix colors on a single plate without it becoming a blurry mess. I'm thinking maybe the outlines were printed in a single color and then the colors were hand-painted in the book itself, sort of like 'paint by numbers.' https://www.finerareprints.com/blog-and-tips-about-antique-prints/what-is-an-engraving https://www.finerareprints.com/blog-and-tips-about-antique-p... I can't find anything about printing color with engravings pre-lithography other than 'they painted in the color.'