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Definition of Woodburytype
1. n. A process in photographic printing, in which a relief pattern in gelatin, which has been hardened after certain operations, is pressed upon a plate of lead or other soft metal. An intaglio impression in thus produced, from which pictures may be directly printed, but by a slower process than in common printing.
2. n. A process in photographic printing, in which a relief pattern in gelatin, which has been hardened after certain operations, is pressed upon a plate of lead or other soft metal. An intaglio impression in thus produced, from which pictures may be directly printed, but by a slower process than in common printing.
Definition of Woodburytype
1. Noun. A photomechanical printing process in which a relief pattern in gelatin is hardened and pressed against a metal plate, producing an intaglio. ¹
2. Noun. A print of this kind. ¹
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