The workshop of a plate cutter or engraver, 1796
Fokke, Arend (Simonsz.) (redacteur)
Blussé en zoon, A. (uitgever/publisher)
year: 1796
type: prent
detail: nee
dimensions: 17 x 16,2 cm.
related terms: graveren gravure burijnen
period: 18e eeuw
classification:
E: Boekillustratie
contents: The upper half of this print shows the workshop of a plate cutter or engraver in copper. The figures are processing copper plates: priming (fig. A), scorching or blacking (B), transferring the drawing on to the plate itself (C), rinsing of the plate processed with chemicals (D and E), removing of possible pits on an anvil (F) and engraving the thus prepared plate (G). Below are the tools: engraving, burnishing and scraping irons in all kinds of sizes and a whetstone (fig. 6).
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. VI
available in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 3078 D 19
©description: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
©reproduction: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
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