LA ZINGARELLA c1893 by Fildes, original Photogravure, Berlin Photographic co

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LA ZINGARELLA c1893 by Fildes, original Photogravure, Berlin Photographic co :
$24.95

LA ZINGARELLA c1893 by Luke Fildes, Original Photogravure Berlin Photographic co
The Magazine of Art, London and New York City, Published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. 1893
Overall good condition, some age tone to boarders.
Approx Sheet size: 12\" x 9\" (300mm x 230mm)
ANOTHER GENUINE ANTIQUE OVER 120 YEARS OLD FROM RARE MAPS AND PRINTSPhotograveur: Around 1880 there began the development of the most brilliant and faithful monochrome reproductive technique yet known in the history of printing. In its various forms and in the modern development of it known as gravure, it has provided reproductions of paintings and of photographs with an accuracy of detail and depth of tone unlikely to be surpassed in monochrome printing.It was in the 1890’s that photographic process blocks definitively replaced wood engraved blocks as the main medium for reproductive illustrations. The importance of these was their faithfulness to the original and their ease of reproduction as no expensive handwork was involved. This was a revolutionary technique employed by the Berlin Photographic Company and did much to publicise and popularise images such as these.The Berlin Photographic Company, (1880-1920) or the Berlin Photographische Gesellschaft, was a German print publishers who specialised in photogravures after Old Masters and contemporary painters. High quality photographs were taken of the original works. The negatives were then exposed onto a gelatin covered copper plate, etched with acid, and printed in a similar fashion to an engraving.