Works on Paper Professional Framing Services
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Fine Impressions Gallery is a fine art print gallery offering a wide selection of original antique and contemporary handmade prints and other works on paper, including watercolors and drawings. We have something for every interest, including architecture, botanicals, maps, birds, historical subjects, literary subjects, satire, costumes, and much more. Our professional framing services will protect and display your artwork, providing a lifetime of enjoyment.
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Copperplate Engraving
The technique is as impressive as the image
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Copperplate engraving originated in Germany in the 1430’s. The technique developed from niello work, where goldsmiths engraved decorative lines on precious metals. In the 15th-19th century engraving was used for detailed print scientific illustrations in books and maps. It is still used today to print money.
To make an engraving on a copper plate, the artist carves an image with a burin or gravure, creating an incised line with a burr along the edges. The line varies in width and depth and is pointed at the start and finish. The artist can use cross-hatching and close parallel lines or stippling for shading. It can produce extremely fine details and sparkling white spaces.
To print, ink is applied and forced into the incised lines. The plate is then wiped carefully to remove excess ink and leaving it in the grooves. Before printing, the artist carefully removes the rough burr, to produce a clear sharp line. In drypoint engraving, the artist leaves the burr on the line to create a soft image.
The plate is covered with damp paper and run through a roller press. The image is reversed in this process, meaning text and images need to be engraved in reverse.
Many engravings were hand colored with watercolor for book illustrations.
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"Senecio"
J Redoute
Copperplate Engraving
$75.00
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"Map of the Countries around the North Pole"
John Arrowsmith
Hand Colored
Copperplate Engraving
$475.00
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"Lepas Aurita"
Frederick P. Nodder
Hand Colored
Copperplate Engraving
$75.00
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POSTER SALE
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Don't forget! All posters in the big bin near the front door are marked down 50%.
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