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Etching and other graphic arts : an illustrated treatise (1922)

Plowman, George Taylor, 1869-1932 · New York : Dodd, Mead and Co. · leaf 96

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e is copper there is hope.The press used in printing etchings is notunlike an ordinary washing mangle. Therollers are usually of steel and between themis a movable metal plank on which the plateis placed. The warmed plate is first coveredwith ink, which is then carefully wiped offthe surface,… … By Courtesy of Arthur H. Harlow & Co., New York RIO VERONA An Etching byD. S. MacLAUGHLAN OTHER GRAPHIC ARTS 57 over their edges. This is called retroussage,or stumping. A dampened piece of etchingpaper is then placed over the inked plate,and it is passed between the steel rollers un-der a…

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