Arnaud Van Tilburgh
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Yesterday my dad came up with this one he found in his archives, yes I know it is religious and I’m allergic on that. But it is interesting to see.
It is a what we call a " prayers card" you still get at a funeral.
This one is from the year 1845.
I used my x10 loupe to explore it.
When you click on each image, it will show up big size
real size is 75mm x115mm
I do know this is an engraving for printing. It was mostly done by hand pushing on copperplate. The small lettering under “Maria, you can see the 3 lines for the size of the capital and regular lettering. It is real small, and probably done without the use of a microscope.
About the question I have and curious.
The outer black scroll design versus the inner scroll, to me it seems the black part is printed different than the white scroll part.
I would think that a engraved copperplate could be print showing positive or negative space in the colour black.
I think on the black outside, the surface was covered with ink and then printed, while on the lighter part, the cuts were filled with ink and then printed.
Si I would like to know if that is right, and perhaps there are still some here in the café who did this kind of engraving.
Now, if this was printed in at least two steps, how did they line up these two copperplates so precisely?
Don’t forget to click the images to see them HD, or safe on your HD to open in PS
arnaud
It is a what we call a " prayers card" you still get at a funeral.
This one is from the year 1845.
I used my x10 loupe to explore it.
When you click on each image, it will show up big size
real size is 75mm x115mm
I do know this is an engraving for printing. It was mostly done by hand pushing on copperplate. The small lettering under “Maria, you can see the 3 lines for the size of the capital and regular lettering. It is real small, and probably done without the use of a microscope.
About the question I have and curious.
The outer black scroll design versus the inner scroll, to me it seems the black part is printed different than the white scroll part.
I would think that a engraved copperplate could be print showing positive or negative space in the colour black.
I think on the black outside, the surface was covered with ink and then printed, while on the lighter part, the cuts were filled with ink and then printed.
Si I would like to know if that is right, and perhaps there are still some here in the café who did this kind of engraving.
Now, if this was printed in at least two steps, how did they line up these two copperplates so precisely?
Don’t forget to click the images to see them HD, or safe on your HD to open in PS
arnaud
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