The Garden of the Hesperides
Print
1893 (printed)
1893 (printed)
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During the 1800s, the demand for large reproductions of popular paintings such as this increased enormously. Hand photogravure was one of the processes developed from the 1880s onwards to supply this demand. It relied on the traditional principle of aquatint etching to create tonal reproductions. But it made use of a photographic negative and the properties of light-sensitised gelatine to transfer the image on to the plate. This was done in such a way that it could be etched in one operation, without having to work on the plate by hand.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The Garden of the Hesperides (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Hand photogravure printed in sepia |
| Brief description | After Fredric Leighton (1830-1896); The Garden of Hesperides; 1893; hand photogravure printed in sepia. |
| Physical description | Hand photogravure printed in sepia, on paper |
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| Summary | During the 1800s, the demand for large reproductions of popular paintings such as this increased enormously. Hand photogravure was one of the processes developed from the 1880s onwards to supply this demand. It relied on the traditional principle of aquatint etching to create tonal reproductions. But it made use of a photographic negative and the properties of light-sensitised gelatine to transfer the image on to the plate. This was done in such a way that it could be etched in one operation, without having to work on the plate by hand. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.183-1970 |
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| Record created | January 10, 2003 |
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