Definitions
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- noun A
photomechanical printing process in which arelief pattern ingelatin is hardened and pressed against a metalplate , producing anintaglio . - noun A print of this kind.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Besides its great value to the autotype, Woodburytype, and mechanical printers as an agent for hardening the gelatine films, it has been recommended for all sorts of ailments photographic.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 Various
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In the second year the slow autotype process had to be abandoned for the quicker Woodburytype, by which were reproduced drawings kindly contributed by Sir J.E. Millais, Sir John Gilbert, Mr. Holman Hunt,
Philip Gilbert Hamerton Hamerton, Philip G 1896
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In the second year the slow autotype process had to be abandoned for the quicker Woodburytype, by which were reproduced drawings kindly contributed by Sir J.E. Millais, Sir John G.lbert, Mr. Holman Hunt, Mr. Woolner, Mr.G. Mason, Mr. Hook, and others.
Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 Eug��nie Hamerton 1864
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