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E46 - The Etcher and The Engraver

Image ID: 360

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Author: rbreiman
Image ID: 360
An etcher working on a copper plate with a needle to scratch the ground, which allows acid to bite the plate there.
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An etcher working on a copper plate with a needle to scratch the ground, which allows acid to bite the plate there.
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Author: rbreiman
Image ID: 360
An engraver working on a copper plate with a burin (an incising tool).
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An engraver working on a copper plate with a burin (an incising tool).
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Author: rbreiman
Image ID: 360
A painting that the etcher is reproducing.
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A painting that the etcher is reproducing.
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Author: rbreiman
Image ID: 360
A painting that the engraver is reproducing.
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A painting that the engraver is reproducing.
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Author: rbreiman
Image ID: 360
Containers of ground that the etcher applies to the plate before working on it to protect it from acid.
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Containers of ground that the etcher applies to the plate before working on it to protect it from acid.
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Author: rbreiman
Image ID: 360
An aristocratic potential print buyer.
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An aristocratic potential print buyer.
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Author: rbreiman
Image ID: 360
Two Capuchin (Franciscan) friars examine religious prints.
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Two Capuchin (Franciscan) friars examine religious prints.
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Author: rbreiman
Image ID: 360
This is a crack in the copper plate that occurred in the 17th century resembling a paper tear when printed.
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This is a crack in the copper plate that occurred in the 17th century resembling a paper tear when printed.
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Author: rbreiman
Image ID: 360
Another crack or a continuation of the crack at pin #8.
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Another crack or a continuation of the crack at pin #8.
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Author: rbreiman
Image ID: 360
The acid bath. After the etcher has finished his scratching his design in the ground covered plate, he will dip it in the acid which will "bite" into the plate where the ground has been removed.
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The acid bath. After the etcher has finished his scratching his design in the ground covered plate, he will dip it in the acid which will "bite" into the plate where the ground has been removed.
E46 - The Etcher and The Engraver

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.

“Graveurs en taille douce au burin et à l'eau forte” (The Etcher and The Engraver)

This is an etching by Abraham Bosse, published in 1643. It demonstrates two techniques (etching and engraving) for creating grooves in a copper plate that represent the desired image or map in reverse. When inked and pressed into paper, as in the 2nd etching, it transfers the image to the paper in the proper orientation. The Richard & Leslie Breiman Collection.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/360021

https://art.famsf.org/abraham-bosse/engraver-and-etcher-l5401966

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/72665/the-engraver-and-the-etcher

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

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