Collection: Antique Copper Engravings

The copperplate engraving is an intaglio printing technique. Classical copperplate engraving emerged in Germany the early 15th century. Goldsmiths who wanted to control the use of the various designs engraved on gold and silver plates, made an impression of the design on paper. Gradually they started to reproduce these images in their own right. The design or image is engraved into the copper plate, the ink is carefully applied, and then the remains of the ink are wiped off the surface of the plate, leaving the ink in the grooves of the engraving. The plate is covered with a humid sheet of paper and the image is printed under a very high pressure in a printing press.

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  • Caletum (Calais) - Antique Copper Engraving 1597
    Caletum (Calais) - Antique Copper Engraving 1597
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  • West Front of Cowdry House, Midhurst, Sussex - Antique Copper Engraving, 1794
    West Front of Cowdry House Midhurst Sussex - Antique Copper Engraving 1794
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  • Bramber Church, Sussex - Antique Copper Engraving, circa 1765
    Bramber Church Sussex - Antique Copper Engraving circa 1765
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  • Fragments & Attributes of Jupiter - Antique Copper Engraving, 1803
    Fragments & Attributes of Jupiter - Antique Copper Engraving 1803
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  • The Strand with St. Mary's Church, London - Antique Copper Engraving, circa 1760's
    The Strand with St Marys Church, London - Antique Copper Engraving circa 1760s
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