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ZINC ETCHING [3 records]

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Record 1 2015-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engraving and Printmaking (Arts)
  • Printing Processes - Various
OBS

A process of etching on metal(as zinc) in which photography is not used.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gravure d'art
  • Procédés d'impression divers
CONT

[...] pour la gravure par procédé chimique, l’artiste grave un dessin sur la plaque de cuivre préalablement recouverte d’une résine. Il verse ensuite l’acide nitrique qui va attaquer les parties gravées (non recouvertes pas la résine) plus ou moins profondément selon la durée d’exposition.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photoengraving
DEF

A relief etching on zinc or copper on which a variety of shaded tints or mottled patterns have been applied using benday films.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photogravure
DEF

Gravure résultant du mordançage en relief d'une plaque de zinc ou de cuivre sur laquelle on a produit une variété de teintes ou de grisés à l'aide de films Ben-Day.

Spanish

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Record 3 1982-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
DEF

The transfer of an image to the zinc plate by mechanical means, using ink or wax, and the removal of nonprinting areas in a series of etching operations, each of which involved applying a coating of ink to the sidewalls of the etched lines by means of resilient rollers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques
DEF

Firmin Gillot, ouvrier lithographe, mit au point en 1850 un procédé nouveau. C'était le décalque d'un dessin lithographique, avec toutes ses finesses de trait et de pointillés, sur une planche de zinc qu'il mordait ensuite à l'acide. Il obtenait ainsi un cliché typographique reproduisant le dessin de l'artiste.

CONT

Ce procédé, qu'il appela panéiconographie, connut rapidement une grande extension sous le vocable plus répandu de gillotage.

Spanish

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