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Photo etch

To engrave or make an engraving of by any photomechanical process involving

Mezzotint

A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon a surface previously

Exergue

The small space beneath the base line of a subject engraved on a coin or medal It usually contains the date

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Dabber

dabs hence a pad or other device used by printers engravers etc as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink

Siderography

The art or practice of steel engraving especially the process invented by Perkins of multiplying facsimiles of

Chalcographer

An engraver on copper or brass hence an engraver of copper plates

Burin

The cutting tool of an engraver on metal used in line engraving It is made of

Chalcography

The act or art of engraving on copper or brass especially of engraving for printing

Creux

Used in English only in the expression en creux Thus engraving en creux is engraving in intaglio or by sinking or

Vert

princes, and Emerald in those of peers, and expressed in engravings by lines in bend, Heraldic term.

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