Printing Plate
ca. 1903 (made)
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This is a demonstration copper plate made to illustrate the engraving process. The design has first been scratched onto the plate using a drypoint needle and has been partially engraved (left). The tapered effect cause by the engraver’s burin entering and leaving the metal is clearly visible.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Copper and engraving |
| Brief description | Printing plate. Engraving and drypoint. Teaching example. Ornamental design, lighter parts marked with a design in drypoint reading for engraving, 20th century. |
| Physical description | Copper printing plate demonstrating pure line engraving. The lines have first been marked lightly on the plate using a drypoint needle and then part of the design has been cut with a burin. Partially completed engraving of a coat of arms with lion and acantus surround. The left part is sketched lightly using a drypoint needle. |
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| Production | Part of a collection of printmaking materials prepared in the Engraving School of the Royal College of Art by the Assistant Teacher C. M. Pott, under the direction of Frank Short for the Loan Exhibition of British Engraving and Etching held at the V&A in 1903. |
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| Summary | This is a demonstration copper plate made to illustrate the engraving process. The design has first been scratched onto the plate using a drypoint needle and has been partially engraved (left). The tapered effect cause by the engraver’s burin entering and leaving the metal is clearly visible. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum. Catalogue of the loan exhibition of British engraving and etching held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, 1903. London: H.M.S.O, 1903. p. 134 |
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| Accession number | E.5358:37-1903 |
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| Record created | October 5, 2005 |
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