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ENCRE GRAVURE CUIVRE [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inks and Colour Reproduction (Graphic Arts)
DEF

[A short], buttery, greaseless ink, which may be wiped clean from surface of plate, free from abrasive material.

CONT

That is the moment when the Egyptian word chem (an improbable source of the term alchemy) means black, the black of copper-plate engraving ink ...

Key term(s)
  • copper plate engraving ink

French

Domaine(s)
  • Encres et couleurs (Industrie graphique)
DEF

[Mélange] puissant de noir végétal (fougères mâles calcinées), de noir animal (os d'équarrissage calcinés) et d'huile de lin.

CONT

Karl Aug. Morell, l'un des fondateurs, était graphiste et commerçant [...] Il rapporta de ces périples, d'Angleterre par exemple un grand nombre de connaissances sur la fabrication de l'encre pour gravure sur cuivre et sur le noir d'os [...].

Key term(s)
  • encre taille douce
  • encre pour taille-douce

Spanish

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