Description: PANDORA'S BOXGustave Jacquet - Photogravure by GoupilAn early Photogravure print on heavy wove paper for The Magazine of Art, Cassell & Company Limited London, Paris, new York, Melbourne c1889 Overall good condition, Approx Sheet size: 12.5" x 9.25" (315mm x 235mm).Héliogravure (Photogravure) is the oldest procedure for reproducing photographic images. It was first invented in the early 19th century by Joseph Nicéphore Niepce, of France, and later perfected by Talbot, Niepce de Saint-Victor, Baldus and Klic.The process involves two distinct steps. First, in a complex photochemical procedure that creates the intaglio surface, the photographic image is fixed and etched upon a specially prepared copper plate. The finished plate is then placed on a hand-turned press, and the image is printed onto dampened etching paper using special inks. Photogravure belongs to the same family of intaglio printing techniques as engraving, etching and aquatint. As such, it requires an especially good quality of thick paper, one that can draw out the ink from the furthest recesses of the etched copper. In like manner, the plate embosses the finished prints, for its form is impressed into the dampened paper as they pass together through the rollers. Printed by hand in limited quantities, each héliogravure is considered an original, and its value is accordingly assured. Because of its high quality and richness, Photogravure was used for both original fine art prints and for photo-reproduction of works from other media such as paintings.Photogravure registers a wide variety of tones, through the transfer of etching ink from an etched copper plate to special dampened paper run through an etching press. The unique tonal range comes from photogravure's variable depth of etch, that is, the shadows are etched many times deeper than the highlights. A GENUINE ANTIQUE PRINT GUARANTEED OVER 120 YEARS OLDfrom RARE MAPS AND PRINTS
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Size: Small (up to 12in.)
Region of Origin: london
Item Height: N/A
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Type: Print
Culture: english
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Artist: Gustave Jacquet
Production Technique: Photogravure
Style: Realism
Material: Paper
Theme: Art
Time Period Produced: 1850-1899
Features: Limited Edition
Subject: Famous Paintings/Painters, Military
Item Length: N/A
Year of Production: 1887
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Originality: Original
Colour: Black & White
Print Surface: Paper
Date of Creation: 1800 - 1899
Original/ Repro: Original
