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E46 - The Intaglio Printers

Image ID: 342

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Author: rbreiman
Image ID: 342
A print shop worker applying ink to a copper plate.
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A print shop worker applying ink to a copper plate.
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Author: rbreiman
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A worker wiping off the ink from the plate with the palm of his right hand or with the rag which he holds in his left hand. This leaves ink in the grooves, which will be transferred to the paper in the press.
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A worker wiping off the ink from the plate with the palm of his right hand or with the rag which he holds in his left hand. This leaves ink in the grooves, which will be transferred to the paper in the press.
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Author: rbreiman
Image ID: 342
A printing press operator applying pressure to the plate and paper while rolling them through the press.
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A printing press operator applying pressure to the plate and paper while rolling them through the press.
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Author: rbreiman
Image ID: 342
An intaglio printing press with a copper plate, paper and a covering cloth. The worker is applying pressure to transfer ink to the damp paper, while rolling the table through the press.
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An intaglio printing press with a copper plate, paper and a covering cloth. The worker is applying pressure to transfer ink to the damp paper, while rolling the table through the press.
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Author: rbreiman
Image ID: 342
Printing supplies, including containers of ink.
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Printing supplies, including containers of ink.
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Author: rbreiman
Image ID: 342
Packages of paper in various sizes for printing.
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Packages of paper in various sizes for printing.
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Author: rbreiman
Image ID: 342
Damp prints hanging to dry.
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Damp prints hanging to dry.
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Author: rbreiman
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Dried prints.
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Dried prints.
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Author: rbreiman
Image ID: 342
A container of ink and an ink applicator.
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A container of ink and an ink applicator.
E46 - The Intaglio Printers

These Abraham Bosse (1602-1676) etchings depicting his printmaking studio in Paris are being shown at BAM because, although they are not maps, they are beautiful illustrations of the printmaking techniques utilized in the 16th to the 18th centuries to create works on paper, whether they were artistic or cartographic creations.

Bosse was one of the leading French printmakers of the 17th century. He was also an author and teacher who wrote a famous treatise on printmaking techniques.

“Les Imprimeurs en taille-douce” (The Intaglio Printers)

This Bosse etching was published in 1642. It demonstrates the process of transferring the image or map from the copper plate, which was created by an etcher or an engraver, as in the 1st print, to paper. The Richard & Leslie Breiman Collection.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/348296

https://art.famsf.org/abraham-bosse/intaglio-printers-l1966

Richard Breiman to present to Bay Area Map Group, part of California Map Society, on July 25, 2020.

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E46 - The Intaglio Printers
1643 Bosse Intaglio from Breiman Collection
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