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February 2016 Blog Posts (1)

Photogravure Frontispiece - Babes in the Wood or The Forest Family with August 1917 NG magazine

Hi There! Just receive my ebay item - Babes in the Wood or aka The Forest Family that comes with the August 1917 National Geographic magazine. At first I thought this is just an ordinary photo. Upon inspecting this photo - I realise this is a photogravure photo.

From wikipedia:

Photogravure is an intaglio printmaking or photo-mechanical process whereby a copper plate is coated with a light-sensitive gelatin tissue which had been exposed…

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Added by Mike Ng on February 2, 2016 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

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