steel engraving
noun
1
: the art or process of engraving on steel
2
: an impression taken from an engraved steel plate
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Your print may indeed be a steel engraving, or perhaps a collotype, which is produced by a photomechanical process.
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oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2020
In addition to reviews and blurbs, Whitman commissioned a steel engraving of himself as a frontispiece to convey an image of the muscular, rough American poet.
—Elaine Showalter, The New York Review of Books, 27 May 2019
John Cheney ranked among the best engravers in the United States, creating steel engravings of paintings by many prominent artists.
—Annie Gentile, Courant Community, 21 June 2018
But, notes Brandon Fortune, chief curator at the National Portrait Gallery, there’s also a steel engraving of a daguerreotype taken by Gabriel Harrison.
—Katie Nodjimbadem, Smithsonian, 30 Sep. 2017
Painting by Richard Rothwell and steel engraving from Frankenstein 1831 edition.
—Jacob Brogan, Slate Magazine, 31 Jan. 2017
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oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2020
In addition to reviews and blurbs, Whitman commissioned a steel engraving of himself as a frontispiece to convey an image of the muscular, rough American poet.
—Elaine Showalter, The New York Review of Books, 27 May 2019
John Cheney ranked among the best engravers in the United States, creating steel engravings of paintings by many prominent artists.
—Annie Gentile, Courant Community, 21 June 2018
But, notes Brandon Fortune, chief curator at the National Portrait Gallery, there’s also a steel engraving of a daguerreotype taken by Gabriel Harrison.
—Katie Nodjimbadem, Smithsonian, 30 Sep. 2017
Painting by Richard Rothwell and steel engraving from Frankenstein 1831 edition.
—Jacob Brogan, Slate Magazine, 31 Jan. 2017
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