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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
Any relief etch block or print made from a chemically or mechanically produced printing surface. One line block example, gillotage, is a [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=zinc zinc] printing plate made using a lithographic transfer. One photo-relief etching method involved developing a negative directly on a zinc plate coated with [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=bichromated gelatin bichromated gelatin]. After the image is developed, the soluble [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=gelatin gelatin] is washed away and the remaining gelatin is coated with powdered [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=asphaltum asphaltum] to produce an acid-resistant negative image. Other variations include stereotype line block, electrotype line block, and transfer line block.
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Any relief etch block or print made from a chemically or mechanically produced printing surface. One line block example, gillotage, is a [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=zinc zinc] printing plate made using a lithographic transfer. One photo-relief etching method involved developing a negative directly on a zinc plate coated with [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=bichromated%20gelatin bichromated gelatin]. After the image is developed, the soluble [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=gelatin gelatin] is washed away and the remaining gelatin is coated with powdered [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=asphaltum asphaltum] to produce an acid-resistant negative image. Other variations include stereotype line block, electrotype line block, and transfer line block.
  
 
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== Authority ==
 
== Authority ==
  
* Luis Nadeau, Luis Nadeau, ''Encyclopedia of Printing, Photographic, and Photomechanical Processes'', Atelier, New Brunswick, 1997
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* Luis Nadeau, ''Encyclopedia of Printing, Photographic, and Photomechanical Processes'', Atelier, New Brunswick, 1997
  
* B. Gascoigne, B. Gascoigne, ''How to Identify Prints'', Thames & Hudson, London, 2004
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* B. Gascoigne, ''How to Identify Prints'', Thames & Hudson, London, 2004
  
  
  
 
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Description

Any relief etch block or print made from a chemically or mechanically produced printing surface. One line block example, gillotage, is a zinc printing plate made using a lithographic transfer. One photo-relief etching method involved developing a negative directly on a zinc plate coated with bichromated gelatin. After the image is developed, the soluble gelatin is washed away and the remaining gelatin is coated with powdered asphaltum to produce an acid-resistant negative image. Other variations include stereotype line block, electrotype line block, and transfer line block.

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Synonyms and Related Terms

relief etching; zinc etching; gillotage; stereotype line block; electrotype line block; transfer line block; Strich-Druckstock (Deut.); Druckplatte (Deut.)

Authority

  • Luis Nadeau, Encyclopedia of Printing, Photographic, and Photomechanical Processes, Atelier, New Brunswick, 1997
  • B. Gascoigne, How to Identify Prints, Thames & Hudson, London, 2004

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