The making of a copper engraving, 1796
Fokke, Arend (Simonsz.) (redacteur)
Blussé en zoon, A. (uitgever/publisher)
year: 1796
type: prent
detail: nee
dimensions: 17 x 22 cm.
related terms: graveren gravure
period: 18e eeuw
classification:
E: Boekillustratie
contents: This plate shows the drawing which is the example for the engraver's work (fig. 1), a print of the engraved plate in the initial phase, the 'aqua fortis' print (2) and a print in the finished phase (3). There is also a landscape with vegetation engraved in various phases in the background (4), while figs. 5-7 show the different states of the head of a 'Virgin Mary'. Around them are all kinds of instruments: a paper screen to put against the window where one is working (8), square (9), ruler (10), etching needles (11), a coarser kind of etching needles or 'schupjes' (12-13), brush (4), T-square (15) and a pair of compasses (16)
origineel:
source: Fokke, Arend (Simonsz.). - Volledige beschrijving van alle konsten, ambachten, handwerken, fabrieken, trafieken, derzelver werkhuizen, gereedschappen, enz. Dertiende stuk. De graveur. / [door Arend Fokke, Simonsz.]. - Dordrecht: A. Blussé en zoon, 1796, pl. VII
available in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 3078 D 19
©description: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
©reproduction: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
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